Stick a pic- Japan Styley...

Teeny tiny bathroom- with a toilet that can wash your bum for you-(and your front if you're so inclined). You need to stand in the bathroom to get how truly small it is. But compact isn't always a bad thing.

This is Maria from Washington State, U.S, a fellow assistant language teacher.

That bloody Katie Mellua song about there being 9 million bicycles in Beijing keeps playing in my head. There are bikes everywhere.

Me and Maria (or is that Maria and I?) decided to jump in one of the photobooths that Japanese kids seem obsessed with- they too are everywhere, and you can often see groups of school kids huddled together cutting out these mini photos.


This is my co-ordinator, Nakatsuka-San. She is lovely and an absolute gem. We have plans to go to kareoke soon. :)

P.s Annoyingly, since I'm in Japan and my laptop recognises this, on some pages English characters are not shown and instead are question marks. This is the case on this site so I'm finding it hard to edit this blog as I can't read any of the tabs! Grrr!

P.P.S- Food portions here are tiny- I'd better lose some weight after all this otherwise I'm going hungry for no reason!

P.P.P.S- Japan is porn paradise. Not saying it as a slight on my newly adopted home for a year- but the adult channel guide is three times the size of the regular tv guide in my hotel room. And before you ask, no, I haven't watched any- it's pay per view ;)