Where is Your Stuff?

It was a question I answered often while in Canada. "Do you continue renting your apartment in Tokyo?" No, since it can't be sublet, and the rent is too high to pay when we're not there. So, our belongings went into a moving truck out to the suburbs, where several vacant lots have been paved and containers have been stacked up to provide storage space. We rented a 20 foot container. Everything fit with space to spare (a little) and in this picture the movers are taking it all out again to move back down to Tokyo Bay for us. 

Note the name of the moving company. "Good Job" did a good job of being the lowest bidder.

Doing it the Natural Way

This is the library in Yamanakako. Notice the beams.

A New Post

Here's another post on this blog!

It's a no-maintenance post, perfect for the 100% humidity of the area. How do they get the wood to be so perfect?

If it gets bumped too hard, the secret is out. Steel pipe coated in textured concrete. Artificial rustic ambiance, only in Japan (and maybe Disneyland, too)

Omiyage

One of our presentations references this particular omiyage, or gift to bring back from a trip away from home. Strawberry cheesecake flavoured Kit Kat bars in the Mt. Fuji shaped box. We had a chance to visit Laura at Yamanakako where she's working for the summer, and traveled to Hakone, a famous tourist area and found this.