Farm Bound

June 24, 2016     Today was my first full day in Japan! Still jet-lagged, I woke up around 3:30am Japan time and wandered into Sapporo city looking for something to eat. I fell asleep last night just after getting to the hotel, and my last meal had been on the plane from Taipei to…

The Taxi Incident

June 23, 2016 This afternoon I flew into the Sapporo airport from Taipei, Taiwan. When I arrived at the airport, I was suddenly surrounded by Japanese. I studied Japanese on and off for about ten years, but I still found myself completely unable to communicate with the people around me. When I got off the plane,…