Japan Journal

This is a log of thoughts and events from my homestay in Japan during the summer of 2002. I kept the notes on my trusty Newton MP2100 and mailed them back to mdxi, whereupon he marked them up and put them here. They are unedited except that he has added small editorial notes where he felt that people unfamiliar with aspects of Japanese culture might have trouble understanding things. [The notes look like this]

June

2002-06-17: Hartsfield and Narita
2002-06-19: Onsen
2002-06-20: Host Family
2002-06-21: Placement Exam
2002-06-22: Around Hakodate
2002-06-23: First Sunday
2002-06-25: School Starts
2002-06-26: More School
2002-06-27: Observations
2002-06-28: One Week Down/Shopping
2002-06-29: Iai School/More Shopping
2002-06-30: Park Golf

July

2002-07-01: July!/2nd Week
2002-07-02: Frightening Canadians
2002-07-03: Net Access
2002-07-04: Igo/Onsen Redux
2002-07-05: INTAANETTO HIROBA
2002-07-07: Return to Ohnuma
2002-07-08: What a Shitty Day
2002-07-09: DORAMA
2002-07-10: Rain rain go away
2002-07-11: Oyakodon!
2002-07-12: Let's see...
2002-07-13: The Picnic
2002-07-14: Weekend Ramblings
2002-07-15: pr0n!!!
2002-07-16: Misc. (also pr0n)
2002-07-17: End of 1st Semester
2002-07-18: Wanderings with Sarah
2002-07-19: Walking
2002-07-20: Shopping with Mom
2002-07-21: Funeral
2002-07-22: Panty Store
2002-07-23: Stuff
2002-07-24: The Festival Cometh
2002-07-25: Not the First
2002-07-26: Speech Contest
2002-07-27: Touring With the Fam
2002-07-28: Back to the Mountain
2002-07-29: Shopping
2002-07-30: Shodo
2002-07-31: Mou Ichido Shodo

August

2002-08-03: Festival! Akafun!
2002-08-04: Potato Festival
2002-08-05: End of the Festival
2002-08-11: Weekend Wrapup
2002-08-12: Rain
2002-08-17: Leaving Hakodate
2002-08-18: Almost Home
2002-08-19: Closing Entry

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