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Think the ghetto budget married car life is no different than the boro broken student car life? Think again. Here are some ideas and considerations for those of you who are so deep in the hashirya lifestyle that you have at one point called yourself a “lonely driver” in regards to your life’s plight. This is one more area, where […]

The Real Hashirya


The mundane… the grind. We’re talking about a move. It’s not as though life in Calgary is bad… but we always imagine better for ourselves. Nippon land?? The idea of living in Japan is exciting and scary for me. I don’t even know where to begin… I have a desire for adventure… but I wonder… for how long would it […]

日本に住む?



I haven:t been proof reading, and I:m making the same mistakes over again and again. I refuse to relearn typing for a Japanese keyboard layout. Rain yesterday. Masaharu calls sometime when we:re still sleeping to say, if it keeps up he has plans for us. It rains all day. The sun sets and it only rains harder… We pick up […]

A Night on the Kakegawa Touge


Since I arrived at my new in-laws… time is just flying by. I can:t believe our shower was a week ago… it could:ve been yesterday. Japan is starting to grow on me. Sumo was something… a 5+30 wake up that day, to get us from Yoshiko:s house, to the train station, and then a two hour ride on the Shinkansen […]

Does that FAT man have something on me? Sumo.



Yoshiko:s love of sleeping way in gives me lots of time for writing lately. Hit the ocean yesterday. Tonnes of sand, gigantic caltrops (??)… beautiful waves… but pretty bloody windy and cold. I took some pics and we got out fast. Afterwards, picked up the guys, and met Hitomi for 100Y Kaitenzushi. That sushi on a conveyer belt that rolls […]

Use Your Power For Good


topmasaharuTried to run an all out car day yesterday, as a sort of escape. Went drifting at Motorland Mikawa with Masaharu and his old Sunny in the morning. The boro boro style at best. Left the gas cap 2hours behind in Hamamatsu. Left turns were sloshing gas all over the track... they punted us, and we couldn:t rig anything up to make the officials happy. 3500Y gets you one hour on the track... run as much as you want... small track... 2nd gear action, third gear if your ballsy... built just for drifting. Another 2000Y gets you your second hour [...]

Motorland Mikawa with Masaharu