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I haven't posted in a while and I think it's because I'm trying to make every post a post of epic proportions. (For example, a comprehensive post on food experiences here. One post could never cover all this...) So, to get unstuck, I'm going to try sprinkling in some mini posts. Today, the topic is very appropriate to my status as a Richmond Spider--the breathtaking spiders I have encountered here on campus in Japan. My best shot of the Joro spider - note the mate nervously s

Hello friends! This entry is arriving a bit later than intended, but for happy reasons--that is, I feel like I'm now nicely settled in and engaging with my project, exploring my surroundings, and just enjoying the time to focus on the rhythms of my new daily life. In this entry, I want to introduce you to my new home away from home at Waseda University's campus in Tokorozawa, Saitama prefecture. The campus is about a 50-minute train ride west of Tokyo followed a 15-minute shu

Has it only just been a week?! Steve and I arrived in Tokyo and spent the week in a combination of settling in activities and adventuring...

Greetings! It's the night before the start of my sabbatical journey to Japan (read more below). Since family, friends, and colleagues...