http://www.davidchart.com/Blog Life in Japan, Philosophical Musings Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:33:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've added a new entry to my Japan Diary, about a shrine visit I went on back in July. I hope to fill in to more recent events soon. http://www.davidchart.com/Blog/2008/10/07/new-diary-entry-8/ Today we went on a family day trip to Atami, a coastal hot spring resort town a couple of hours away by train. This means that I'm even further behind on the diary than I was yesterday, because this is a diary entry sort of thing, with pictures. I'm going ... http://www.davidchart.com/Blog/2008/10/05/day-trip/ Today marks the fifth anniversary of my arrival in Japan, as well as Yuriko and my second wedding anniversary. When I arrived here, I thought that I would be studying for a year and then returning to the UK. I certainly didn't imagine that five years later I'd own a flat ... http://www.davidchart.com/Blog/2008/10/01/five-years-in-japan/ Mayuki took her first steps today. I actually missed the very first two, because I was asleep (I've been very tired for some reason, can't imagine why a freelance writer with a one-year-old might be tired), but I did see her second lot, as she walked one step from holding on ... http://www.davidchart.com/Blog/2008/09/29/first-steps/ I'm still busy trying to catch up from the holidays, but I'm slowly getting there. I might actually be caught up by the end of next week, although I'll have to work again this weekend. While that means that I still don't have time to write up proper diary entries, ... http://www.davidchart.com/Blog/2008/09/27/mayuki-update/ I've not posted for a while because I've been very busy trying to catch up on al the work I missed while I was on holiday. I'm still doing that, in fact, but I'm just doing a quick post to let people know that Yuriko's friend Sonoe took some pictures ... http://www.davidchart.com/Blog/2008/09/18/pictures-of-mayuki/ I'm back in Japan after two weeks in the UK, which is why the blog hasn't been updated for a while. If you see adverts claiming that Heathrow Terminal 5 is working, treat them with scepticism. It is true that they didn't lose my baggage, and I checked in quickly, but ... http://www.davidchart.com/Blog/2008/08/20/im-home/