Been a bit busy lately, but not much to report. I’m headed out for Kyoto in about an hour, and I still have a bit to do, so I’ll make this brief.
The pictures posted explain what I’ve been doing better than much of what I can write. Just exploring around the city during [...]

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I’ve decided to start doing something a little new here. Since it’s basically all I’m listening to these days, I thought why not do some reviews of Japanese albums? It’ll give me something to do on these weeknights when I get tired of studying and might help introduce any interested person in a couple [...]

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This post talks mostly about Japanese music. Should you not care about that, feel free to skip it. Nothing important involved.
Saturday. Avex Nation. Score. We meet up with some friends at Sumikawa again, and head out at about 12:45. Gates open at 1:30, concert begins at 3:30. At least, that’s the plan. It was [...]

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We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Hokkaido doesn’t really get hot. Yeah. Sure. It’ll teach me to listen to Japanese people, I suppose. Really, it’s a combination of that and my having lost all semblance of a tolerance to heat. Ten straight months where the highest temperature you experienced being in [...]

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