Author: David Chart
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New Diary Entry
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.
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Day Trip
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 to have to deliberately set…
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Five Years in Japan
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 in the Tokyo area,…
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First Steps
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 to the back of…
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Mayuki Update
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, I do at least have…
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Pictures of Mayuki
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 of Mayuki, and the rest…
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I’m Home
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 the toilets were being…
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Mayuki is Fine
Well, that’s what most people reading the blog care about. Of course, that could be because I’ve only been writing about Mayuki recently, and not posting very much even about that. This is because I’ve been rather busy recently, and not managed to find time to do my blog. Sorry about that. Still busy today,…
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Family Day
Yesterday was a family day, and more so than most: Yuriko’s parents came up from Nagoya to get their grandchild fix. They arrived around midday, while we were iChatting with California, so my Dad got to say hello to them, which was nice. In the afternoon, we went to the local shrine’s summer festival. It…