Thursday, December 22, 2011 Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto Sorry, I just had to! And I will admit that I was very grateful for terrible 80's music because, sadly, it was just about the only exposure I had had to Japanese and it is a useful phrase! Okay, so a run-down of my days in Japan. Fukuoka: Fukuoka is the city where I arrived and my home-base...

Thursday, December 22, 2011 I Think I'm Turning Japanese Thursday, December 22, 2011 Today is my fourth day in Japan and I am So impressed so far and regret not having more time to stay in this wonderfully welcoming country. I arrived Monday afternoon around 1:00pm after a nice 3 hour ferry ride from Busan, Korea. The ferry was quite comfortable and enjoyable and getting to town from the port was an easy bus ride away. As I do in any new c...