Author Archives: Rodent
For a few months now I’ve been taking a pannier with me to the grocery store, as using the store’s disposable plastic bags is extremely wasteful. At the checkout lane there are little cards that you put in your basket that say you’ll be using your own bag so that the checkout lady (yes, always [...]
My original plan for Golden Week this year was to take my bike on a bus up north to Aormori, ride a loop Lake Towada then head back to Fukushima. That would have been 550 km over five days. Unfortunately, while out cycling on Wednesday my right knee got a sudden sharp pain that flares [...]
Here’s some information on the days of the week that those with a cursory knowledge of Japanese may find interesting. Now, these are the days of the week in Japanese (literal translation of kanji in parenthesis): 月曜日 (Day of the Moon) = Monday 火曜日 (Day of Fire) = Tuesday 水曜日 (Day of Water) = Wednesday [...]
For the purposes of modern television sets, TV networks in Japan broadcast via four systems. Two are terrestrial (analog and digital), and two are via satellite (BS and CS, both digital). If you happen to be interested in how Japan’s ISDB standard differs from the North American digital standards of ATSC, there are the Wikipedia [...]
Wow, after all of this writing about touring and stuff I suddenly go off and sell my bike. Actually, I’ve been considering it for some time now, so for a few weeks ago I listed it up for sale on the prefectural JET website. A guy was interested, he stopped by today, gave it a [...]
I guess that’s what I get for deciding and ordering stuff only a week prior… both stores I ordered stuff from sent me emails saying that they had to wait on stock before they can send out my items. This means that instead of going to Kyushu, I guess I’ll just make a couple day [...]
Spring break starts next week, and I’ve been wanting to do something or travel somewhere within the country for it. A day or two ago the thought popped in my head to hop on a ferry down to Kyushu with my bike and do an almost loop of the island. This would pretty much be [...]
Update on the T.M. Revolution concert. Quick Summary: I didn’t go Longer Not Summary: After finding out about this, I went down to the conbini at 2:30 in the morning to see if I could buy tickets. It ends up that they don’t sell tickets on the day of the performance (I think they stop [...]
Update is at T.M. Revolution, continued Original post:You have got to be kidding me. I happened to be watching TV when a commerical for TM Revolution came on. He’s playing in Fukushima. Tomorrow afternoon. Quite literally just down the street from my apartment. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s too late to buy advance tickets, so I’m going to [...]
About three months after I arrived in Japan I got a call from one of my friends who works at the Fukushima International Association. He had apparently received a call from one of the local news stations who had seen a foreigner riding a big unicycle around, and they wanted to do a news story [...]