Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to everyone!
I’m in Boston celebrating with my girlfriend, which is great! That means I’ll be away from Japan for the next week and a half. Hopefully I’ll find some time to catch up in the next couple days.

ATTENTION

This is just a little heads up, I’m planning on messing with layouts and stuff this week.  The site might be a bit jumbled during this whole process (especially because I have to everything at school.)  Everything should be faily stable again come next week.

Recent Photos

I’m not neglecting pictures, I promise.  Here are some I took this weekend that I really like.

A view towards Shibuya during the early morning hours.

The city is full of light polution, but you can still see Venus and Jupiter on a clear day.

Tokyo is always moving.

What About Me?

Yeah, lots of random things happening in Japan.  But how I am doing?  Quite well.  I’m making the most of things these days and because break is coming up even bothersome things are tolerable.  I still probably play too many video games, but I’ve been hanging out with people a lot this week which has [...]

Ema, or, Votive Tablets

Now it’s time for something a bit more interesting.  One of my favorite shrines in Japan is Meiji Jingu.  It was commishioned in 1915 and finally finished in 1926.  The main building was badly damaged in WWII and so in 1958 it was rebuilt once more.  This year at the end of October the 50th [...]

Blue Ginger Ale

Following in the vein of colored drinks, I bring you “Suntory Blue Ginger Ale.”  I can’t say this is nearly as exotic as Pepsi White as I feel like I have possibly seen this in the States?  In any case, I don’t remember well, and it was strange enough to me that when I say [...]