Welcome to Japan Is Doomed!

Last updated 27th January 2010

My name is Mike. I’m a British student, currently aged 21 and from the UK. Since 2006, I’ve been splitting my time between Japan and England, and I started this blog as a way to let my family and friends know what I’m up to, to have something to look back at, and to share some of my experiences with the world.

My hobbies include snowboarding and photography. I’m a big fan of music and films, both of which I write about on this blog quite a bit. There’s a collection of my reviews available here. I also like traveling and music. My favourite band of the moment are Poets Of The Fall.

From September 2006 to August 2007 I lived in Tokyo, volunteering as an English teaching assistant at a private high school. All blog posts I made in this time are in the ‘Gap Year’ category. It was one of the most amazing times in my life, and it really set me up for my university course and continued interest in Japan. I get a whole bunch of emails asking me questions like ‘What’s the work like?’ and ‘Is Japan full of killer snails?’ so to answer those I wrote this FAQ. Worth checking out if you’re a student wondering where to go for an awesome gap year.

In September 2007 I started studying Japanese at Sheffield University in the UK. I haven’t written an FAQ about it yet but there’s info about it on the university page here, and my blog posts about work and also me crying about exams are collected here. It’s a four year course, and for the third year I’ll be studying abroad at Sophia University (more about that here). I’ll be keeping this blog again throughout that year, with all posts being collected in the ‘Sophia University’ category.

That’s about it for now. I’ll update this ‘About’ page as things progress. If you have any questions please do get in contact using the ‘Contact’ link. 日本語でもOKです！