So, when a foreigner wants to become a Japanese citizen, they are often required to change their name to something more Japanese. Turns out that anyone can apply for a legal Japanese alias even without meeting the requirements to be a Japanese citizen. Long story short, if anyone has any good ideas, I am in [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Japanese Name
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lucky Strike
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently spent a night in Nagoya. I went to a party hosted by a group called “Nagoya Friends”. I generally try to avoid these events due to the high number of over excitable foreigners that frequent them. The party was at a place called Red Rocks which bills itself as an Australian bar. The [...]
Sushi Eating Contest!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday’s Sushi contest successfully raised 8,000 yen for disaster victims in China in a matter of 1.5 hours. This year’s champion ate 26 plates of sushi (52 pieces of sushi) I believe I was in 3rd place with 21 plates. I don’t eat as much as I once could but it seems that some training [...]
