LA 2 Tokyo

I felt bad for not getting video clips from AIR, so I’ve got another nice little video clip I found on YouTube for ya. It’s 9 min 52 sec of old-school HipHop/breakdancing filmed in LA back in ‘83. The quality is pretty bad, and there’s a delay between the sound and video, but it’s worth […]

Well, it’s been one year since I started teaching at NOVA. Today was my last day there, and I was sad to say goodbye to everybody. I worked with many cool people, and met a lot of great students. People who’ve never worked at NOVA before might be wondering what it’s like, so I’ll be […]

Another one of my co-workers is leaving to move back to America in a few days, so I went to his going away party last night. He decided to have it at club AIR in Daikanyama, near Shibuya. It was my first time going there, and the place took forever to find. It was tucked […]

Sunday, August 6th (Japan), and Saturday, August 5th (America), was the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, so there were lots of specials on TV about the war. I was here last year for the 60th anniversary of the bombing, and it was interesting to see everything from the Japanese perspective. I remember being nervous […]

It was almost 4 years ago when I first came here. I was really excited, but nervous, too. I hate flying, and even the flight from LA to San Francisco is terrible for me. Just thinking about crossing the Pacific Ocean gave me the chills. After my first flight to Japan, I learned just what […]