月別アーカイブ: 2010年2月

Summer in Japan

Summer in Japan was extremely hot and it was something that took me some time to get used to.  In Canada, we sometimes have hot weather in the summer, but there is very little to no humidity so it seems much cooler to Japanese people and perhaps people from hotter countries as well.

The new guy

A new guy started and joined our team. We all went out drinking and got into all kinds of scrapes. We went to a lot of clubs and danced a lot. Both my firends liked dancing like me. Later they left Japan but we still keep in touch. I remember this other guy too, he was cool, we would go to live band night and he would play the guitar. ~We also met lots of other forieners there too. It was kinda cool.

Later that month

We started playing poker together in the tokyo poker championships. I suck at poker but enjoyed the free drinks. After that we went clubbinbg and had absolutly no money so we had to try and share my 1000 yen and hold our empty bottles all night for fear of being thrown out of the club. We met lots of people.

My first day at work

I started work and on my lunch break I went to lotteria for the first time in my life. While I was in there a guy shouted hello to me. He looked Japanese, but he was Canadian. He said he worked at the smae place as me and called me on the fact of not recognising him as a foriener. He seemed quite proud.

First day at work

I went to work in a three-piece suit as they told me to look smart. I looked around and everyone was wearing shirts with no ties. To say I was overdressed is an understatement.

The next day

The next day I went drinking with my friend in a shot bar. It was basically a small door in a wall that led to some kind of secret bar. I chatted to a few random people and my frined seemed to knoiw ebveryone. We sat with some locals and chatted. The bar had a wide range of clientel and everyone seemed out of place, including me

First day in Japan

On my first day in Japan I was told to meet a liason at narita airport. When I got there I noticed that there as no liason, so I called him and then he met me and a group of others. We went on a long journey towards my new house and I played chess with him on his PSP until it ran out of battery. We then changed trains and I was met by another guy who took me to my new house. There were two other people living there and it was a bit messy. I was happy about the size of my room as I hear that they can be small sometimes. I stayed up all night unpacking.

The other day

The other day I met up with my friend and we went to kareoke. We tried to go and do some archery beforehand but the place was closed so we are gonna go on another day. We went to a local department store andbought a frizby which threw around for a while and then it broke. Later, I met my friends and we sang kareoke as we drank in an izakia. It was cool

Spring is probably the best time of year to be in Japan. The temperatures are warm but not hot, there’s not too much rain, and March-April brings the justly famous cherry blossoms and is a time of revelry and festivals. Just watch out for Golden Week (April 27 to May 6), the longest holiday of the year, when everybody travels and everything is booked full.

Summer starts with a dreary rainy season in June and turns into a steam bath in July-August, with extreme humidity and the temperature heading as high as 40°C. O-Bon (mid-August), when everybody is on the road again, is probably the worst possible time to visit. Avoid, or do as the Japanese do and head to northern Hokkaido or the mountains of Chubu and Tohoku to escape.

Autumn – Fall, starting in September, is a close second to spring. Temperatures become more tolerable, fair days are common and fall colors can be just as impressive as cherry blossoms.

Winter is a good time to go skiing or hot-spring hopping, but as the Japanese have yet to figure out the wonders of central heating, it’s often miserably cold indoors.

Winter wonderland

Spring is probably the best time of year to be in Japan. The temperatures are warm but not hot, there’s not too much rain, and March-April brings the justly famous cherry blossoms and is a time of revelry and festivals.

Summer starts with a dreary rainy season in June and turns into a steam bath in July-August, with extreme humidity and the temperature heading as high as 40°C. O-Bon (mid-August), when everybody is on the road again, is probably the worst possible time to visit.


Autumn – Fall, starting in September, is a close second to spring. Temperatures become more tolerable, fair days are common and fall colors can be just as impressive as cherry blossoms.

Winter is a good time to go skiing or hot-spring hopping, but as the Japanese have yet to figure out the wonders of central heating, it’s often miserably cold indoors.