Everyday seems to be a major event. The M8.9 earthquake in Sendai has changed life throughout Japan. I am only reporting on my own experiences. As I walked around the neighborhood I started to sense we are returning to normalcy. The panic buying seems to be subsiding and stores are showing signs they will catch …
Category Archive: Japan
Mar
16
Nov
07
Japan and International Abduction
A friend recently reported when applying for Japanese passport for his daughter of dual citizenship, the Japanese embassy called to ask if the father had given permission to do so. This makes me wonder if they asked only the Japanese parent. I also wonder whether a verbal acknowledgement by the Japanese parent that the non-Japanese …
Sep
08
New Videos Posted
I have posted a couple new family videos. The first is of a trip we made to the JAXA i branch at Tokyo Station, for a self-study project Reon was doing for school over the summer break. The second comes from last weekend’s bottle rocket competition. It took place along the riverfront about 10 minutes …
Aug
23
Okayama Trip of August 2010
We had a nice trip to Okayama last week. The kids enjoyed themselves and many activities, but I think Yoshie-Obachan was exhausted by the time we left. (We also picked up some paperwork so we could apply for my visa.) Photos are up.
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