While it may seem like I don't actually talk about my daily life very often in my posts there is a very good reason for that. Mainly that currently my daily life doesn't really consist of a whole lot as I generally stay home to save money and since Ayuko works close to five days a week I only really see her in the evenings, so that limits what we do during the day. Right now I am just waiting to hear back from the Immigration Office concerning my visa and finding new and exciting ways to while away the boredom during the day. This includes a whole gamut of fun activities ranging from working out, computer games, studying Japanese, going for bike rides into the mountains (sorta), attempting to plan out my life for the next couple of years, cooking, surfing the internet superhighway, etc. So essentially my life isn't terribly exciting these days and thus my posts will more often than not focus on the quirkier sides of Japanese culture.

However a quick update on my situation before I forget to mention it. I am tentatively placed to teach in Shinjuku in Tokyo at this point and as Interac has been communicating with the Immigration Office a good deal they have assured me my visa seems certain at this point. So hooray for that. For those who don't know Shinjuku is...well I'm going to just let you read about it on wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku

Anyway this is one of the areas I strongly desired to be placed in, so needless to say I am very happy with even a tentative placement there. Ayuko warned me that the schools could be terrible there, but it is a risk I'm willing to take. Following are various pictures of Shinjuku.