Malia & the grab game

Malia is amazing. I am so proud of her. In her year in Japan, she managed to complete weekly papers towards her MA in special education and managed to lose over 20lbs. Nearly all foreigners complain of weight gain living in Japan. She has returned to Wash. state to work with special needs.

Sayonara

July 20th 2007
Change. And the sense of life, its routines, familiar faces and places, sounds that have become a part of me, as grains of sand slipping through an hourglass. Bare feet squeaking, clinging to the glass wall, brushing the last grains of sand from between my toes. Grains that once were frustrations, loud speaker mini vans running through town advertising noise pollution and rules whose senses evade ... read more

Asia » Japan » Hiroshima

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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