a Nick in Time

Author: nicknarigon

  • Mount Fuji, for real

    Go ahead, climb Mount Fuji if you want to. We did it. We survived. It is something most people in Japan do at one time or another. After all, it is the most climbed mountain in the world, with about 100,000 people making the trek each year. Fuji-san (as it is called in Japan) is…

  • Drinking and hiking

    The night before embarking on an outdoor adventure can be stressful. You want to make sure everything is packed. You worry about your physical fitness. You want to get enough sleep. My advice: get wasted. Who knows, maybe you’re not coming back? Of course it’s dumb. You get dehydrated. You’re hungover. It makes the first…

  • Baseball and pretty explosions in the sky

    Choosing a Japanese baseball team to support has proven problematic. I have narrowed the list down to three choices: 1) The Tokyo Swallows 2) The Tokyo Giants 3) The Hiroshima Carp The Carp made the list for a pragmatic/delusional reason. They are Lisa’s dad’s favorite team. It might give us something to talk about. The…

  • Health insured

    Today I signed up for health insurance. At least, I think I did. When Lisa comes home from work tonight she will have to verify. She let me off my leash today, and these are the sorts of things that happen. Japan is known to have the best healthcare system in the world. It is…

  • Yep, still in Tokyo

    I started teaching English here in Tokyo and in today’s lesson my student had to explain to me different Japanese customs that foreigners might not be aware of. Also, last Sunday Lisa and I went hiking at Mount Takao. So both of these subjects are being juxtaposed into one blog posting. First of all, I’m…