(Written by Mike L., originally posted on adventurasia.freezope.org around 2003~2004. Note that the webpage that the author mentions is currently down, but will be added in the future.)
I came to the land of the rising sun more than two years ago (yikes!!). Aside from the regular routine of working, eating, and sleeping, I knew […]
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(Originally posted on adventurasia.freezope.org around 2003~2004)
Before coming to Japan, I read somewhere that one of the Must-Do’s is to go and watch a Japanese baseball game live (this, along with climbing Mt. Fuji). Well, after being here just over 5 years, I can now say that I’ve done that. My friend helped get a […]
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(Originally posted on adventurasia.freezope.org around 2003~2004)
Last Wednesday, my friend and I took a couple days off from work and flew down to Osaka. The flight itself was about 1 hour long, although getting to/from the airport was another couple of hours. The neat thing was that on the way there, each seat had it’s […]
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(Originally posted on adventurasia.freezope.org around 2003)
Last week, November 11th, I had the privelege of attending my first Metallica concert, in Tokyo! (Well Saitama to be exact.) My boss had an extra ticket, and let me have it as a sort of ‘bonus’. It was an awesome concert, lasting a full two hours, with songs from […]
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(Originally posted on adventurasia.freezope.org around 2003~2004)
As today was a Japanese National Holiday - Umi No Hi (Marine Day), my friend and I decided to go to the Sea Paradise amusement area in Hakajima (about 30 minutes west of Yokohama). It was a very interesting experience and I’d recommend it to anyone who is interested […]
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(Originally posted on adventurasia.freezope.org around 2003~2004)
During this past weekend, Mother Nature displayed an awesome show of power.
From around midnight Friday through to late Saturday evening, the area that I am living in was pounded by high winds and torrential rains. Every few minutes, the wind would hit with a loud thud against one of […]
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(Originally posted on adventurasia.freezope.org around 2003~2004)
I must admit this isn’t all that interesting a topic save for the fact that in the 5 years I’ve been here, I haven’t bought a whole chicken until today. Part of the problem is that I haven’t seen that many whole chickens - it’s always cut up pieces […]
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Filed under: Japan, Taste of Asia
(Written by Mike L., originally posted on adventurasia.freezope.org around 2003~2004)
I’ve never really been one to go out of my way to see a soccer game. Heck, along with Baseball, it’s on Japanese TV practically 24 hours a day anyway. Up until recently, I’ve thought that soccer is a sport that is much for fun […]
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(Originally posted on adventurasia.freezope.org around 2004~2005)
Each year around this time (March/April), I seem to have a bit of extra time which allows me to enroll in a course — usually Japanese or IT related. As I KNOW that my Japanese isn’t up to par, given the amount of time I’ve been in the land […]
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Filed under: Japan, Personal
(Originally posted on adventurasia.freezope.org)
After much convincing and ‘arm twisting’ by my boss and friends, I decided to attend the Tokyo Game Show 2003 billed as the World’s largest game and entertainment event. Even though I’m not a big ‘game’ fan*, I was thoroughly entertained by the bright lights, sounds, live stage acts, […]
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Filed under: Japan, Technology