Japan Is Doomed

No matter where you are or what time you are reading this at, by Japanese time I am now 19 years old! Here is a full, comprehensive list of everything I can now do in Japan legally that I couldn’t yesterday;

• Nothing

That’s right. For the Japanese all the fun starts at 20.

As far as partying goes, I’m going to have to pass, really. I consider my journey to Kyoto my party! I’m pretty broke right now and can’t really afford to live it large, so Matt and I are going for a little meal tomorrow, then going for a slightly larger party on the 30th, as the day after is Matt’s party. It’s tough to celebrate when you’re flat broke!

I have decided to remove the gallery, as it has photos of my students as well as my friends, and it’s not really fair to just show everyone photos of them, and I can’t be bothered to get permission from them all. My best photos can be found here , via the “Photography” link.

I wanted to find a list of interesting people who were born or who died on the 29th of March, or find some fun things that happened. But apparently the 29th of March is the most boring day of the entire year, because not a single interesting thing has happened on it. Except my birthday, which has happened 19 years in a row!

Thanks again to everyone for the support you’ve all shown this blog and me through it. It keeps me coming back and writing knowing that my friends, family and, for some reason, two people living in remote Russia come back to read this thing every so often! My promise as a 19 year old is to write more updates! So check back soon!

- Mike