Do you consider a good cup (or four) of coffee to be a just another daily necessity? Maybe, to you, it’s one of the finer things in life. For me, a day without the stuff is not one worth facing. I’m a bonafide addict (caffeine withdrawl headaches… the whole 9 yards) and not a bit ashamed of the […]

When I came to Japan for the first time in August 2006, I was steadfast in only one thing: I refused to live in Tokyo. Too expensive, too crowded, too annoying, too cosmopolitan, too cool. Considering the amount of money I brought over (enough for approxomately 12 meals at Sukiya), my Japanese language level (a […]