Lieske Leynen's Posts
- Going To Shopping
- February 5th, 2009
- photo credit: Tavallai Shopping for food in Japan is a lot like a game of consumable Russian Roulette for someone who doesn’t really know how to read Japanese. Add in the fact that some seafood makes me fantastically ill, and shopping becomes a health hazardous wonder. Nevertheless, I do it almost » Continue Reading
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- Saving Makurokurosuke
- January 26th, 2009
- The school at which I teach is surrounded by the elderly. There is no other way of putting it. The buildings are old, the bikes are old, the cars are old, the shrines are old, but most important the people are old. It is a rare day in which I see » Continue Reading
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- The Great Inkan Adventure
- January 24th, 2009
- An Inkan is a small stamp that has your name on it. It accompanies or replaces your initials and/or your signature on all major documents, such as bank account forms, cell phone account documents, and various other important things you need for daily life in Japan. All of this would » Continue Reading
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