The R3dragon’s Blog

Hey y’all~ yet another cool gadget! I know it might be a little late, but I found a cool weather tick from weatherunderground.com. If you look at the very bottom of the blog you find it has the temp and weather condition. As the weather gets worse or better… y’all can check in to see [...]

Welcome to the Akai Yakata Off the beaten path is a special place that the three of us (Rob, Nick, and I) go frequently “The Akai Yakata.” It was found by mistake but, this place is somehow is one of those places that you love because of its ambiance and character. If you’ve never been [...]

Last night was a beautiful sight to see. It was if everything I’d been accustomed to had changed into a magical wonderland of snow. Snow, of course, is hardly rare this time of the month so to see it was nothing special for the family. For me it was so awesome that I had to [...]

I posted a deal about my foot before. The status now is that I believe I injured it in a Kendo practice. I did talk to the nurse and I think she said to chill it and take a break from Kendo. So yesterday and today I think I’ll just take a break “Yasumi” and [...]

Thought I’d tell you all that today it rained hard. This morning started out pretty confortable at 17 degrees celcius, but as the day wore on the rain, thunder, and lightning made for a pretty miserable day. The worst part of it was riding home from Shin-Sapporo Station home. I thought I was strong, I [...]

What you say? Amazing! If y’all would look to the nav bar on the right, you’ll see a pic of me with a camera and a sign that says, “Picasa Web: Online Photo Album” Click on “me” and it’ll take you to my online photo album where you can browse pics that I didn’t post [...]

This past weekend I was invited to come with my host family and the other families to Niseko Onsen. The whole trip was awesome and well worth it if anyone gets a chance to travel Hokkaido. Admittedly, Niseko is best visited in the middle of winter during the snow fall, visiting this glorious place when [...]

Arrr~ My apologies for not blogging more frequently I’ve been busy planning for an “after semester” travel itinerary. You see, I have an opportunity to travel around Japan for a few weeks, because school at Lewis and Clark College doesn’t start until mid January. To plan my trip efficiently I went out and bought the [...]

Some of you have been wondering about what a regular day is like for me. I’ve been trying to think how to post this one, because everyday seems different. So here’s my best shot at a day in the life of Josh: The day typically begins with waking up and getting dressed, then I head [...]

Happy Halloween Y’all. Halloween is an American holiday. The reason is because Japanese don’t exactly go door to door and say “trick or treat.” In fact, most of the Japanese people I met didn’t quite know the meaning of trick or treat. So really, it’s one of those holidays that happened here in Japan, but [...]