Less than 2 weeks to go before I head off on this summer's trip. I'll be volunteering 2 weeks in the Philippines and 2 weeks in Japan.


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From my last few days working in Japan.

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I took this in my first year in Japan. Many places throughout Japan put up spectacular displays of koinobori (flying carp). なつかしい ( Read more... )

Here's a video I made near the end of my time in Japan. It was not unusual for schools to ask me to teach Ten Little Indians as a simple English song. Awareness of (North American) political correctness is much lower in Japan. I changed the song a little and made this video. These are ichi nensei (first-graders).

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Here's a special needs class that ( Read more... )

A short bit of video from the Maebashi matsuri where I used to live in Japan. This is very typical of what you will see:

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My bike ride across Japan two years ago:

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I randomly ran across this when I was checking whether the upgrade to high speed internet had gone thru ( Read more... )

Just picspamming some stuff I did last week when I couldn't upload pics.

Kourakuen in Okayama city. One of Japan's top three gardens. Noted for its unusually large stretches of lawn.

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Sitting in a noisy hostel common room tonight. Still no chance to upload pictures but I hope to have some on Monday ( Read more... )