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Days back in Japan: 1 Mosquito bites: 4 Summer is looking to be really long…

Of quarantine and customs gates

And how grateful I am that the good people in Kasumigaseki (literally, mist seat, politically, the subway stop where the Japanese governments are)  have realized swine flu will not kill us all. A while ago I heard horror stories from returning Golden Week travelers.  They spoke of bunny suits, ski goggles, ir thermometer guns, and […]

April, flowers, visitors

April was BUSY.  Busy because lots of people came to visit, and the weather got a littttle bit warmer so people here started coming out of their holes.  People and flowers.   It was like (mentally) getting dropped into a world of white-pink clouds.  If you ever have the chance to visit Japan in cherry blossom […]