In order to reach the location of KCP’s school excursion for this semester, I had to ride the hour train to Shinjuku, then a full hour further west, past Mitaka (home of the Ghibli Musuem) and to Nishi-Tachikawa station. I arrived 15 minutes late, didn’t think to ask one of the teachers where the classes [...]
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BBQ at Showa Memorial Park
Posted by admin on November 5, 2009
http://henrymatt.com/2009/11/bbq-at-showa-memorial-park/
Kawaguchiko
You may remember my hijinks a while back when Trisna and I attempted to go see Mt. Fuji and the weather did everything in its power to prevent us from enjoying it. I decided to try it again, because I still have exactly zero pictures of Mt. Fuji. I decided last Friday that I would [...]
Posted by admin on October 22, 2009
http://henrymatt.com/2009/10/kawaguchiko/
Approaching
I usually try to tie together my posts with some sort of central theme, but I’m going to throw that out the window because I’ve got some disconnected things to cover. Although I worried a fair deal about the oral exam, it went better than I could have hoped. The teacher basically asked a bunch [...]
Posted by admin on September 15, 2009
http://henrymatt.com/2009/09/approaching/
Hiroshima, Miyajima
Let’s address the elephant in the room right away. Hiroshima is not famous because of its okonomiyaki. You’ve heard about it because it became the first victim of nuclear warfare on August 6, 1945. Did I mention that it was my country that dropped the bomb? A number of people talked to me before summer [...]
Posted by admin on September 1, 2009
http://henrymatt.com/2009/09/hiroshima-miyajima/
Nara, Himeji
It was a given that I would have to take advantage of this summer vacation somehow. A total of 9 days free, 4 days left on my Seishun 18 ticket, and an entire country to carve my way through. It was a priority to carve a gash as far down the island as I could. [...]
Posted by admin on August 30, 2009
http://henrymatt.com/2009/08/nara-himeji/