Hola. So it’s the beginning of Golden Week in Japan, so we’ve no lectures this week. There are, of course, words for both Gold and Week in Japanese, however they prefer to call it Go-ru-den Weeku, amusingly enough. The weather seems to have perked up for the occasion, so it’s 27 degrees today in Kyoto. […]

My dad just left this morning. We had a great time together for the last two weeks. He was here for the most celebrated season in Japan: Spring, when cherry blossoms are in full bloom. The Japanese celebrate Spring by having picnics with their family and friends under the pink flowers. We went all over […]

Loads of excitement in Ritsumeikan last week as Chinese premier Hu Jintao popped in to play baseball and meet some (handpicked) students. It’s not often that the political leader of 2 billion people visits an academy at which I’m a student, so I tried to have a look and possibly complain about Beijing Airport. There […]

Hiya. Giita’s uploaded her last bunch of photos, so here are a few from our spring break starting with our Seishun 18 Ticket cheapo cross-country travels…
The Site Of Reversible Destiny in Gifu:

Matsumoto & Nagano:

Tokyo & the outside of the Studio Ghibli Museum, Mitaka:

And Rome:

Back in college now, so I’m away to do some homework!
Cheerio…

It’s nice to be back in Japan for several reasons. Rome, while pretty, is full of Romans, who were mostly rude. And it’s filthy. Japan is clean, people are polite, and Cormac’s back, bringing presents of cake, sake and The Jenga. Also, Giita’s dad Declan and our pals Chris & Julia rolled into town yesterday. […]