There appears so be some contention as to which day exactly is the worst day of the year - January 19th or 24th.  I think I can probably say that mine so far was a mixture of the 24th and 25th.  After a late night on Friday (a friend of mine is being transferred to Sapporo, so we gave him a send off until 2.30am at the local), and a Saturday which ( Read more... )

Given that I have come to verbal standstill with tales of my Japanese adventures here's a little something I did with the kids last weekend. Pardon my total lack of artistic ability.

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