There are many parallels and similarities between these 2 buildings…  From a personal point of view, the most obvious one is me. Chicago and Nagoya are my hometowns. For the longest time, they were the only two cites I have ever lived in. When I started living in Nagoya, it took me a while to…
One Saturday morning in Nagoya Japan, I walked down to my local grocery store. It sits under the tracks at the small but cozy Sako Station. It is the first stop North of the gigantic Nagoya station which shoots out dozens of train tracks including the famous shinkansen (bullet Train). As the mess of tracks…
My first Japanese bicycle was a hand-me-down from my district manager in Nagoya. She was a big blonde Australian girl named Amanda. She had been in Japan for about 4 years. Hand-me-downs are common among foreigners in Japan. Teachers are shipped in and out in a constant rotation. Books, bikes, and dvd players were passed…
Read Here First – The Bicycle Thief.  Part 1 – The Mama Chari The Kurokawa Police Station is conveniently located around the block from the school. We could have walked there and avoided all the flashing lights. Though a much larger building, the Nagoya Expressway still towered over it. The building itself is placed…
Read Here First: The Bicycle Thief.  Part 1 – The Mama Chari The Bicycle Thief.  Part 2 – The Sting At 9am I was ushered into the room with all the windows and left there alone for a while. It looked different during the day. I looked out at the Kurokawa Exit ramp. It…
Read Here First: The Bicycle Thief. Part 1 – The Mama Chari The Bicycle Thief. Part 2 – The Sting The Bicycle Thief. Part 3 – The Specialist Amanda met me in front of the School at oh-nine-hundred and she was pissed off. I felt horrible. But I was surprised to find out that…
This is the Central Japan International Airport, or Chubu Centrair airport as its called. The airport is built on a man made island in Ise bay near Nagoya city. Make sure you have a seat on the left side of the plane, because you are right on the ocean as the plane takes off. It…
