Festival of... pig scientists and smiling poop?

Transformer made of cardboard

A pig, his scientist friends, and a man with a lemon head

Horribly racist tourist caricatures... and a Pokemon?

Angry poop

Smiling poo balls - Thanks to Z

Smiling dog poo - Thanks to C

PistolValve Tour Poster

Jozenji-dori

Becoming an Alien... and getting internet

Nothing says "family togetherness" like matching surgical masks

Who is that guy?

It occurred to me today that many of you haven't seen me in a few years... especially not with my conservative Japanese hair and ESPECIALLY not with a bland short-sleeve button-up dress shirt!

Koi in the river

On the way to the dry cleaners...

Wandering the Covered Arcade

Sleeping puppy

Part Muppet

Oh, little puppy

The second club I have found: Hook Sendai, the metal club

Sweet Potato Fry Sundae

...and you thought dipping your fries into your Wendy's Frosty was a tasty treat...

Tommy Lee, is that you?

Do our ads look this weird to foreigners?

Penguin with good oral hygeine

Zao

This way to Utopia

Ropeway to Zao

The view from the top

Onward

Fall comes early at this altitude

The road to Utopia is paved with uneven stones

This way

Visiting with clouds

More mist

The payoff

Even the feral animals in Japan are cute

Kitty takes a drink

Kitty in the bushes

Amusing Mood - It's party time. Everybody gets off tonight!

Japanese ideas on weight

For when you want to have the body of Christ, apparently...

Culture Day

Inside the gym for Culture Day

Daini's formal garden

Another view of Daini's formal garden.

Looking into the future

Traditional music

Whole new world

Turtle says hello!

On my ride home from school...

New bike

The Coconut

Birdland

Birdland - Sendai's punk club
The Casualties play Sendai!

Jozenji StreetJazz Fest

Japanese bluegrass

Golden car

Apartment Tour

I feel that living in Japan, it is only fitting that I film a tour of my apartment using my cellphone...

So, here you go: a glimpse of my Japanese apartment in 21 easy-to-digest, 50-second-or-less grainy video clips.

Enjoy!

Part 1 - Welcome!

Part 2 - Front door

Part 3 - Foyer

Part 4 - Kitchen

Part 5 - Fridge

Part 6 - Drinks in the fridge

Part 7 - Cabinets: food

Part 8 - Cabinets: snacks

Part 9 - Washing machine

Part 10 - Super Toilet, part 1

Part 11 - Super Toilet, part 2

Part 12 - Bathroom, part 1

Part 13 - Bathroom, part 2

Part 14 - Lone closet

Part 15 - Bedroom, part 1

Part 16 - Bedroom, part 2

Part 17 - Bedroom, part 3

Part 18 - Bedroom, part 4

Part 19 - Back porch

Part 20 - Walking out

Part 21 - Bedroom at night

First Day At School

Sendai Daini JHS close-up

Sendai Daini JHS

Sendai JHS mural