As winter started to kick in, Coral and I suddenly realized that we had almost missed a famous Japanese pastime. Momoji. Autumn Leaf Viewing. In Japan some of the trees turn truly speculator colours in the autumn. For weeks our travels had been surrounded by seas of reds, oranges and yellows. Something the Japanese don't take for granted. Everywhere you look in shops there are things relating to the leaves falling. So on Sunday, we went to RienKeon. A park fa...

This week Coral and I went to work at a high school on Saturday. 10 of us went to speak English to high school students. It was interesting. None of us knew what to expect or what we were supposed to say. We all met up in the lobby of the I-house before heading off. Isaac led the way as he was the only one who knew the directions! We are silly sometimes. It was nice to see a another neighborhood of Tokyo which is not a tourist district. Many of the internatio...

This week on Monday it was my Birthday. I turned 21! For my birthday I went to animate in Ikebukuro and brought some new manga books. Bakuman. Have you heard of it? It is about two boys who want to become Mangakas. I think there was an anime made about it but I have not watched it. I read the manga in English a few years ago before I went to China. Now I have some volumes in Japanese, I am going to challenge myself to read it! Whilst in Ikebukuro, I also brou...

Hello peoples. I hope everyone is well? I wasn't sure what to write this blog on at first. Not a lot happened this week. I went to university, studied Japanese. Went to the ECZ and played Jenga.　Then I went home. I spent a lot of time at the Ecz and there is always something going on in there. But lately it has been quieter than normal. :( On Saturday, Issie and I went for a walk, exploring. It was a beautiful day and I didn't want to waste the day in bed. It ...

October Much of our timetable remains the same as we went into October. When we have free time at school we head to ECZ to have fun. On Thursdays we spend time at the CESA. Which is the gaming circle Coral was invited too. On the weekends, who actually knows? So instead of a dairy like entry for this month I've put everything in to groups. To make it a bit easier. ECZ - English Community Zone. Lots of fun to be have here. If we have a spare few hours we ...