Hello, I'm back! A lot of people are pretty excited about the elections results around here. Especially Obama city Japan. I mentioned them before.

So, I recently sent out a newsletter the oldskool way (mail). Sorry if you were expecting a Japan postmark, but the company that mails them is located in America. Anyway, I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed making it. Perhaps some of you reading found out about my blog from my newsletter. If this is your first time, make sure you check out some of the older entries too. They're fun!


Recently, it was Halloween. Unfortunately, Japan doesn't know what Halloween is nor does Japan celebrate Halloween. But that doesn't mean we still can't enjoy it! Also unfortunately, neither of the three men in that photo are me. Especially not bumblebee man! So, maybe this begs the question, "what were you for Halloween, Elbert?" Well, to not fully answer your question, I was a famous Japanese cartoon character from a movie...

Any guesses?

To be honest, I don't have a photo, but I will be wearing my costume again next week, and I'll be sure to take a photo, and tell you who I am. But this brings me to my next event...


...That's another Halloween picture.

Next weekend is the Shizuoka University festival. Festivals are big! As in a big deal! And they are rather large in size too. This one will be no exception. Each club or group usually sells something, and people from all over come to have fun. This year we are selling soup. The menu is Corn, french onion, and a Korean soup that you wouldn't understand even if I wrote the name. This is an important event for all the students, and we will be working hard together this weekend. (A recent e-mail said our goal is to sell 800 bowls...!!!) Our stand's theme is from the movie that my costume's character is from, which is why I will be wearing it at the festival. So, i hope to document the event, and try to give you the festival experience next week. Until then!