Daily Archives: July 30, 2008

Escape to Tama

Recently a good friend of mine (Shawn) who is affiliated with the United States military here in Japan was able to rent a cottage located at “Tama Recreation Center,” a nice natural hideout and escape from the Tokyo concrete! For 85 US dollars (cabin rental, not per person) four of us stayed in a [...]

Birthday Mania 誕生日がいっぱい!

The other day at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi, I asked 2 students studying in the same class when their birthdays were. One of them said “today” (July 28th) and the other said that hers was on July 30th! We laughed because his birthday was on that very day and because their birthdays were so close [...]

Driving In Japan Is Great Fun !

Hello everyone!
My wife, Yoko and I often go on road trips in Japan and my SUV has rolled over 30 prefectures on as many secluded mountain roads as the navigator and road atlas can help us find.   We have become very familiar with countless gorgeous and unusual parts of this country that get absolutely NO foreign [...]