Archive for September, 2004

My apartment and the sumo wrestlers

Tuesday, September 28th, 2004

I’m finally done moving, and my new apartment is wonderful. It’s quite, big, and very relaxing. At the bottom of the street is where the fun starts though, as bars, restaurants, coffee houses and shops line the streets. On my second night here, I had a beer on a rooftop bar about a minute from […]

YES! SUMO!

Saturday, September 18th, 2004

We finally bought tickets to one of the final Sumo wrestling shows of the autumn season! We’re going next Saturday, the show starts at 9:00AM and runs till 6:00PM(that’s a LOT of sumo). I don’t know much about sumo, but from what I’ve been told, you watch the smaller ones wrestle first, and they get […]

Staying awake…

Sunday, September 12th, 2004

I’m sitting by my computer, trying to stay awake for my 7:00AM flight out of Boston to the hellish grounds of Newark airport, then hopefully with no delay this time, directly to Narita, 13 hours away. I’m going to miss my friends and family so much, but I’m not going to miss the lousy service, […]