I’ve been to Hokkaido a few times before, but didn’t really appreciate it until this weekend.  Having lived in Honshu for a year, I have developed an image of Japan and the Japanese that I’ve had wiped clean by this place and its geography.  I went east to Nakashibetsu for an ALT party but was [...]

Hokkaido It’s like moosic to my ears I lake it a lot because the views are spoketacular

I’ve been here in Saroma almost a week now.  I am an Assistant English Teacher for the Saroma Town Board of Education as part of the Sister City relationship with my hometown of Palmer, Alaska.  It’s a pretty sweet deal, and everything is going well enough, but I somehow haven’t found the right adjustment knobs [...]

Even though this blog is mostly for my family and friends back in the states, I feel the need to write a small post about the series of trips I took to visit all of you just last month. First, thank you so much to everyone who I saw, who picked me up at whichever [...]