Iwakura Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Well, its 2 sleeps out from the farewell to Japan and Hello Asia ticky tour 2005! As I write I am sitting here eating a fresh salad with chopsticks - by far the prefered utensils for eating salad thesedays! Packing is going slow however I have discovered new methods of procrastination which are interesting and fun - last night I spent 1 hour sew...

And im done!.... well almost! Finished up work yesterday so am officially now known as a Lady of Leisure for at least the next 3 months! 1 more week left of living in Japan. I cant really believe the time has nearly come to up and go. 16 months ago today I arrived, tired, excited and nervous at Osaka Airport. Wow how time flys! Overall I have ha...

This is the e-mail I sent out after living here a year. Well today i am incelebration mode as I have been in Japan for exactly 1 year! Wow - I cant believe I made it to a year in this odd and sometimes frustraing/halarious/fun country. Have I turned part Japanese?..............Dan tells me I must have some Japanese in me at times. He cant talk a...