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California and Mountain View - Second Trip to California

26th March 2007 - 5th April 2007
Another trip to the US... groan.

Places:
California
Mountain View

London - Working in London

4th February 2007 - 25th March 2007
Settling into the new job (and new flat) in London.

Places:
London

Pictures:
My 30th Birthday
Saturday 17th March 2007
A bit of a do to celebrate my 30th birthday (albeit two days late), including a picnic on Primrose Hill, a bout of karaoke, and then a chinese meal.

London March 2007
March 2007
Pictures in London in March 2007, including Tom's 30th birthday party (which wasn't actually in London!).

London February 2007
February 2007
Pictures from life in London, in an assortment of temporary apartments and hotels, in February 2007.

Journal:

My 30th Birthday Party Thing Saturday 17th March	Friday Friday 16th March	So I'm 30 then (8) Thursday 15th March	Last day of my Twenties Wednesday 14th March	Not Much Tuesday 13th March	Groan Monday 12th March
Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon (6) Sunday 11th March	Old Friends and Tom's Birthday Saturday 10th March	Chinatown and Cake Friday 9th March	Social Thursday 8th March	Wednesday Wednesday 7th March	Routy-toot-toot Tuesday 6th March	Whisky, Jam, Cheese, etc (3) Monday 5th March
Sunday Dinner Sunday 4th March	We've Got the Internet! (3) Saturday 3rd March	End of the Working Week (2) Friday 2nd March	Curry and Podcasts (3) Thursday 1st March	Potatoes in their Jackets Wednesday 28th February	Boxes but no Internet Connection (2) Tuesday 27th February	Drinkternet (1) Monday 26th February
Mixed Bag (1) Sunday 25th February	Wiiiiiii Saturday 24th February	Cheese (1) Friday 23rd February	First Visitor (1) Thursday 22nd February	Moving In (12) Wednesday 21st February	Indian Takeaway Tuesday 20th February	Chie-needs-takeaway Monday 19th February
Moving Yet Again Sunday 18th February	Saturday Saturday 17th February	Friday with Kurihara-kun Friday 16th February	Curry-hara-kun Thursday 15th February	Wednesday Wednesday 14th February	Nine Pounds (7) Tuesday 13th February	Monday Monday 12th February
Sunday (1) Sunday 11th February	Dim Sum and Primrose Hill Saturday 10th February	Flat Hunting (6) Friday 9th February	One Month In... (1) Thursday 8th February	Kurihara-kun Wednesday 7th February	Chie (1) Tuesday 6th February	Back at the London Office Monday 5th February
Back in London (2) Sunday 4th February	San Francisco to London (1) Saturday 3rd February

California, San Francisco, Mountain View and Santa Cruz - Three Weeks in California

14th January 2007 - 3rd February 2007
It seems the new job comes with a similar regime of business trips, and kicked off with three weeks of training in California.

Places:
California
San Francisco
Mountain View
Santa Cruz

Pictures:
California January 2007
Sunday 14th January - Saturday 3rd February 2007
Three weeks in California on a business trip for my new job.

Journal:

San Francisco to London (1) Saturday 3rd February	Last Day of the Business Trip (2) Friday 2nd February	Dive Bar (2) Thursday 1st February	British Pub Wednesday 31st January	Mexican Tuesday 30th January	Into the Last Week Monday 29th January
Driving down to Santa Cruz (6) Sunday 28th January	San Francisco Again (2) Saturday 27th January	The Cake of Guilt (5) Friday 26th January	Everyone and His Dog is in California (2) Thursday 25th January	New Company Remorse (3) Wednesday 24th January	Only 2000000 Air Miles... Tuesday 23rd January	Fake Duck (2) Monday 22nd January
Italian American (2) Sunday 21st January	San Francisco (13) Saturday 20th January	Not Much Friday 19th January	An Improvement (3) Thursday 18th January	Second Day at the US Office (4) Wednesday 17th January	First Day at the US Office Tuesday 16th January	Another Day Off Monday 15th January
London to San Francisco Sunday 14th January

London - First Week of New Job

8th January 2007 - 13th January 2007
A week in London before being sent off to California for training.

Places:
London

Pictures:
London January 2007
Sunday 7th - Sunday 14th January 2007
A week in London, first week of my new job.

Journal:

Day Off Saturday 13th January	Last Day of the First Week Friday 12th January	Finally Some Beer Thursday 11th January	A Solitary Outing (4) Wednesday 10th January	Second Day, Same as the First Tuesday 9th January	First Day in the New Job Monday 8th January

Dordogne - A Week in the Dordogne

1st January 2007 - 7th January 2007
A week spent in this very picturesque part of France, visiting my Mum while she was on a long holiday there.

Places:
Dordogne

Pictures:
A Week in the Dordogne
Monday 1st - Sunday 7th January 2007
Kicking off the new year with a week down in the Dordogne visiting Mum and Keith.

Journal:

Leaving the Dordogne (3) Sunday 7th January	Beaulieu (1) Saturday 6th January	Day Off Friday 5th January	Market and Mist Thursday 4th January	Les Immeubles Francaises (4) Wednesday 3rd January	Tuesday in the Dordogne (2) Tuesday 2nd January	Down to the Dordogne (4) Monday 1st January

London, Abergavenny, Llyn Peninsula and Guildford - Christmas in the UK

18th December 2006 - 31st December 2006
Christmas with the family in Wales and elsewhere in the UK.

Places:
London
Abergavenny
Llyn Peninsula
Guildford

Pictures:
UK Christmas 2006
Monday 18th - Saturday 30th December 2006
Christmas with the family back in the UK.

Journal:

New Year's Eve (3) Sunday 31st December	London Saturday 30th December	Friday in Abergavenny Friday 29th December	Cardiff (1) Thursday 28th December	Back to South Wales Wednesday 27th December	Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December	Christmas Day (3) Monday 25th December
Christmas Eve (1) Sunday 24th December	Pictures (1) Saturday 23rd December	South to North Wales (3) Friday 22nd December	A Day in Abergavenny Thursday 21st December	London to Abergavenny (3) Wednesday 20th December	London Tuesday 19th December	Back to the UK (3) Monday 18th December

Tokyo - Last Week in Tokyo

11th December 2006 - 18th December 2006
Last week of working and living in Tokyo before heading back to Blighty.

Places:
Tokyo

Pictures:
Tokyo December 2006
December 2006
Last month of living in Tokyo!

Journal:

Moving Out (1) Sunday 17th December	Packing Up Saturday 16th December	Last Day at Work Friday 15th December	Soubestukai Thursday 14th December	Moving the Sofa Wednesday 13th December	Asakusa Tuesday 12th December	Start of the Last Week Monday 11th December

Hiroshima and Miyajima - Off to Hiroshima to Get Married!

6th December 2006 - 10th December 2006
A few days in Hiroshima, including mine and Chie's wedding on Friday 8th December.

Places:
Hiroshima
Miyajima

Pictures:
Our Wedding in Japan
Friday 8th December 2006
Pictures from our wedding, starting with a ceremony at Miyajima's Itsukushima Shrine, followed by a reception on a cruise ship, and then a final party in the centre of Hiroshima.

Journal:

Globish (5) Sunday 10th December

The Day After (1) Saturday 9th December

Wedding (24) Friday 8th December

Day Before the Big Day Thursday 7th December

Shinkansen (1) Wednesday 6th December

Tokyo - Winding down in Tokyo

12th November 2006 - 6th December 2006
A few weeks in Tokyo as my job there was drawing to a close.

Places:
Tokyo

Pictures:
Tokyo November 2006
November 2006
More pictures from life in Japan, mostly in the latter half of November, including a short trip to the Izu Peninsula.

Journal:

Lethargy (11) Tuesday 5th December	Doing My Own Thing (2) Monday 4th December
Busy Sunday (6) Sunday 3rd December	Out and About with Lorenzo (7) Saturday 2nd December	Friday Night Friday 1st December	Eating Out (1) Thursday 30th November	Back to My Former Self Wednesday 29th November	Whinging on about my ailments like an old man (9) Tuesday 28th November	Vis à Vis a Visa (1) Monday 27th November
Yorkshire Puddings (3) Sunday 26th November	Recovering Saturday 25th November	A Constructive Approach to Being Ill (3) Friday 24th November	Another Day Off Thursday 23rd November	Izu Peninsula - Day Two (2) Wednesday 22nd November	Izu Peninsula - Day One (2) Tuesday 21st November	Errands (3) Monday 20th November
A Thousand Pictures (1) Sunday 19th November	Shinjuku and Shinagawa (1) Saturday 18th November	Otsukare sama desu (3) Friday 17th November	Rest (10) Thursday 16th November	Evening Offsite (4) Wednesday 15th November	Back at work... but not for long! Tuesday 14th November	Virtual Sunday Monday 13th November

Seattle - Business Trip Number 3

5th November 2006 - 12th November 2006
Finally the date for my next (and final) business trip to Seattle was fixed. Just one week this time.

Places:
Seattle

Pictures:
Seattle
Monday 6th - Sunday 12th November 2006
My final business trip for that well known software company.

Journal:

Ladies and Gentlemen - Entry Number 1000!!!! (2) Sunday 12th November	Leaving Seattle (6) Saturday 11th November	Wrapping Up (4) Friday 10th November	The Big Day Thursday 9th November	Thai (1) Wednesday 8th November	Tuesday in the States Tuesday 7th November	A Further Different Way to Fail to Cope with Jetlag Monday 6th November
Off to Seattle (1) Sunday 5th November

Various - Autumn in Tokyo

26th September 2006 - 4th November 2006
A busy time in Tokyo, leading up to my last business trip to Seattle with my current company.

Places:
Tokyo
Enoshima
Mt. Fuji
Ikebukuro
Chofu
Yokohama

Pictures:
Tokyo October 2006
October 2006
The usual daily pictures from the month which marked one year of me working in Japan.

Journal:

Sakana-kun Saturday 4th November	Working on a Holiday (2) Friday 3rd November	Stealth Pumpkin (1) Thursday 2nd November	All Saint's Day Wednesday November 1st	Halloween (1) Tuesday 31st October	The Business Trip Looms... (27) Monday 30th October
Wandering about on a Sunday afternoon Sunday 29th October	Saturday Jazz (1) Saturday 28th October	A Job Well Done (7) Friday 27th October	Back on Form Thursday 26th October	Slump (1) Wednesday 25th October	The Edge of the World (5) Tuesday 24th October	Monday Monday 23rd October
More Rest Sunday 22nd October	Rest (2) Saturday 21st October	Work Night Out (7) Friday 20th October	Thurdsay (3) Thursday 19th October	Wednesday Wednesday 18th October	Paperwork (13) Tuesday 17th October	Off to bed without any supper (3) Monday 16th October
iPod and Contract (1) Sunday 15th October	Pre Wedding Party (4) Saturday 14th October	Hashigo Friday 13th October	The Middle East Thursday 12th October	Where everybody knows your name... (4) Wednesday 11th October	Inbetween Days (5) Tuesday 10th October	Fuji (4) Monday 9th October
Haruka-kun and Kayo-chan (1) Sunday 8th October	Day Out (1) Saturday 7th October	Job Offer (9) Friday 6th October	Culinary Reverse Engineering Thursday 5th October	Nabe (1) Wednesday 4th October	Burglars (Imagined) and Taxi Drivers (2) Tuesday 3rd October	Monday Offsite Monday 2nd October
Enoshima (1) Sunday 1st October	Work on a Saturday Saturday 30th September	Friday Friday 29th September	Rather a lot of Curry (1) Thursday 28th September	A stew by any other name... (4) Wednesday 27th September

Hiroshima, Miyajima, Yamaguchi and Akiyoshido Caves - Long Weekend in Hiroshima

21st September 2006 - 25th September 2006
Four days of wedding planning etc in and around Hiroshima.

Places:
Hiroshima
Miyajima
Yamaguchi
Akiyoshido Caves

Pictures:
Hiroshima September 2006
Friday 22nd - Tuesday 26th September 2006
A few days in Hiroshima.

Journal:

Last Day in Hiroshima Tuesday 26th September	Yamaguchi Monday 25th September
At Home with the Moriwakis (4) Sunday 24th September	Itsukushima Jinja (8) Saturday 23rd September	Shinkansen Friday 22nd September

Various - End of the Summer in Tokyo

31st July 2006 - 21st September 2006
More daily life in Tokyo, in the latter part of the summer. Includes a brief trip to Nagoya and a few other assorted daytrips.

Places:
Tokyo
Okutama
Nippara Shonyudo Caves
Tachikawa
Takaosanguchi
Takaosan
Asakusa
Ikebukuro
Nagoya

Pictures:
Nagoya and Gifu
Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th September 2006
An afternoon touring Gifu followed by a night out in Nagoya.

Tokyo August 2006
August 2006
August - mostly work, work, work, and attempts to escape from Tokyo (both physically and mentally!).

Journal:

Off Site Meeting Thursday 21st September	Leaving Do Number 1 of Approximately 140 Wednesday 20th September	Irate Tuesday 19th September	Respect the Aged Day (1) Monday 18th September
Big Fish in a Small Pond (24) Sunday 17th September	How many beans make five? Saturday 16th September	Working at Home Friday 15th September	The Other Side of Tokyo Thursday 14th September	Two Years (2) Wednesday 13th September	Big Day (5) Tuesday 12th September	STRESS! Monday 11th September
Sleep Sunday 10th September	Gifu and Nagoya (3) Saturday 9th September	Italian Friday 8th September	Okonomiyaki Thursday 7th September	A Very Interesting Toilet (2) Wednesday 6th September	Nachos Gracias Tuesday 5th September	Movies on Demand Monday 4th September
Rounding Off the Weekend (1) Sunday 3rd September	Leon, Shinjuku and Takaosan Saturday 2nd September	Leon, Gav and Stu in Tokyo Friday 1st September	Leftovers (3) Thursday 31st August	Ratatouille to you to! (2) Wednesday 30th August	If the Mountain Wouldn't Come to Masako... (4) Tuesday 29th August	Japanese Sage Derby (2) Monday 28th August
Going Underground (3) Sunday 27th August	Toshimaen Spa (2) Saturday 26th August	End of a Bland Week Friday 25th August	Thurdsay Thursday 24th August	Signs (1) Wednesday 23rd August	Reconstruction via Receipts Tuesday 22nd August	Gyoza Monday 21st August
Another Day Lost to VBI Sunday 20th August	A Day of Rest (2) Saturday 19th August	Ikebukuro Overload (2) Friday 18th August	More Adventures in the Land of VBI (1) Thursday 17th August	Wednesday Wednesday 16th August	Tuesday (1) Tuesday 15th August	Obon (1) Monday 14th August
Beach (3) Sunday 13th August	Rain Saturday 12th August	The Wonderful World of VBI (1) Friday 11th August	I Didn't Expect the Spanish Inquisition... (1) Thursday 11th August	Half day Wednesday 9th August	Virtually Gadding About (2) Tuesday 8th August	Mornington Crescent Monday 7th July
Cafe Culture (2) Sunday 6th August	A load of nonsense about railway timetables... (2) Saturday 5th August	Ikebukuro All Nighter Friday 4th August	Mount Beer (2) Thursday 3rd August	Packing Wednesday 2nd August	Time Waits For No Man Tuesday 1st August	Oh Yes, I Live in Tokyo (3) Monday 31st July

Various - Nagano

28th July 2006 - 30th July 2006
A weekend away in Nagano to escape Tokyo, and see our friend Junchan.

Places:
Nagano
Iiyama
Mount Shirane
Kaminari Falls
Mount Yokote
Shiga Kogen
Obuse

Pictures:
Nagano
Friday 28th - Sunday 30th July 2006
A weekend away in Nagano to escape Tokyo, and see our friend Junchan.

Journal:

Sunday in Nagano (2) Sunday 30th July

Saturday in Nagano (8) Saturday 29th July

Off to Nagano Friday 28th July

Various - First Part of the Summer in Tokyo

7th May 2006 - 28th July 2006
More of the same really, life in Tokyo in May, June and July. Spent the weekdays hard at work, and the weekends mainly trying to escape from the city!

Places:
Tokyo
Hakone
Utsunomiya
Nikko
Yokohama

Pictures:
Tokyo July 2006
July 2006
More pictures from life in Tokyo, as the summer gets into full swing.

Tokyo June 2006
June 2006
A month in Tokyo featuring a number of attempts at the weekend to get away from the place!

Tokyo May 2006
Monday 8th - Wednesday 31st May 2006
Yet another monthly set of images from daily life in Tokyo.

Journal:

Leftovers Thursday 27th July	StuffIt (4) Wednesday 26th July	Mudazukai (1) Tuesday 25th July	Late (4) Monday 24th July
Otaku Matsuri Part 2 (2) Sunday 23rd July	Otaku Matsuri Part 1 Saturday 22nd July	Plated Lasagne Friday 21st July	Jazz Night (1) Thursday 20th July	Coldplay (2) Wednesday 19th July	Tuesday Tuesday 18th July	Tokyophobia (5) Monday 17th July
Best of a Bad Lot (10) Sunday 16th July	Internet TV? My Arse! (5) Saturday 15th July	Beer Garden (13) Friday 14th July	Thirst-day Thursday 13th July	Thai Yellow Curry (2) Wednesday 12th July	Burgers on the Balcony Tuesday 11th July	Novel Tubers Monday 10th July
Sunday (4) Sunday 9th July	Out and About with Lorenzo (4) Saturday 8th July	Me and Lox at the New York Bar (3) Friday 7th July	Slobs r' Us Thursday 6th July	Music Wednesday 5th July	Getting a bit Tedious... (7) Tuesday 4th July	My Life on a DVD (8) Monday 3rd July
An Equally Lazy Sunday Sunday 2nd July	Lazy Saturday (6) Saturday 1st July	Missa Johnouchi (1) Friday 30th June	Unexpected trip to the 'Bukuro Thursday 29th June	A Potentially Nodal Event... (13) Wednesday 28th June	Izakaya (3) Tuesday 27th June	Source Control Monday 26th June
Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon (2) Sunday 25th June	Mac Mini and Gyoza (5) Saturday 24th June	A good note to end on Friday 23rd June	The only way is up... (1) Thursday 22nd June	Unix in a Lunch Box (1) Wednesday 21st June	More Dreariness (2) Tuesday 20th June	Dreary Monday 19th June
Yokohama (6) Sunday 18th June	Small is Beautiful (5) Saturday 17th June	Was I just missing karaoke...? (2) Friday 16th June	Mominoki House (6) Thursday 15th June	You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone (4) Wednesday 14th June	A Change is as Good as a Rest...? (10) Tuesday 13th June	Better than Nothing (4) Monday 12th June
Pins in the Map (4) Sunday 11th June	Tochigi (3) Saturday 10th June	It's Friday and It's Vegetable (3) Friday 9th June	New Irish Bar (3) Thursday 8th June	How to Beat the Vicious Circle of Overtime (12) Wednesday 7th June	My Name in Ketchup (1) Tuesday 6th June	Monday Monday 5th June
Tourkeyo (3) Sunday 4th June	Hakone (2) Saturday 3rd June	End of a Crappy Week (5) Friday 2nd June	Rubbish Thursday (8) Thursday 1st June	Curry OK? (3) Wednesday 31st May	That's Entertainment (3) Tuesday 30th May	Wine (4) Monday 29th May
Tokyo (13) Sunday 28th May	A Day Lost to Nerdiness (1) Saturday 27th May	You're All Fired! (1) Friday 26th May	Ci Sono Molti Fiori Nel Giardino (9) Thursday 25th May	The Future (3) Wednesday 24th May	Old Friends (1) Tuesday 23rd May	The Limits of My Universe Monday 22nd May
Out on the Balcony (15) Sunday 21st May	Travel (10) Saturday 20th May	A Bit of a Relapse (6) Friday 19th May	What a Superb Result (4) Thursday 18th May	(St)ill (6) Wednesday 17th May	Ill Tuesday 16th May	Monday (9) Monday 15th May
Hello Tastebuds My Old Friend... (10) Sunday 14th May	There's A Scotsman in My Flat! (13) Saturday 13th May	An Unusual Visitor (5) Friday 12th May	Knackered Thursday 11th May	Entertaining Again (4) Wednesday 10th May	Entertaining Tuesday 9th May	A Very Sad Day (2) Monday 8th May
Back to Tokyo (1) Sunday 7th May

Hiroshima - Golden Week in Hiroshima

2nd May 2006 - 7th May 2006
A few days spent back in Hiroshima, visiting Chie's family.

Places:
Hiroshima

Pictures:
Hiroshima May 2006
Wednesday 3rd - Sunday 7th May 2006
A few days spent in Hiroshima during a slew of national holidays that the Japanese call "Golden Week", in 2006.

Journal:

Back to Tokyo (1) Sunday 7th May

Family (1) Saturday May 6th

Miyajima (4) Friday May 5th

Chie's Birthday Thursday May 4th

Out and About in Hiroshima Wednesday May 3rd

Off to Hiroshima (2) Tuesday May 2nd

Tokyo - April in Tokyo

2nd April 2006 - 1st May 2006
Daily life in Tokyo during April 2006, with plenty of cherry blossom.

Places:
Tokyo

Pictures:
Tokyo April 2006
April 2006
Pictures in Tokyo in April, complete with a good helping of the obligatory cherry blossom photos.

Journal:

Leftovers (2) Monday 1st May
Gadgets (5) Sunday 30th April	Random Touristy Day Out (7) Saturday 29th April	Quiet Friday (3) Friday 28th April	Trendy Telly Types (4) Thursday 27th April	Old Friends (3) Wednesday 26th April	Knackered (5) Tuesday 25th April	Japanese Curry Monday 24th April
Cooking for the Girls (8) Sunday 23rd April	Roppongi and That (9) Saturday 22nd April	Eclissi (2) Friday 21st April	Food for the Poorly Thursday 20th April	Chotto Biru no Kibun (2) Wednesday 19th April	I Don't Remember Tuesday Tuesday 18th April	Yellow Monday 17th April
Buying Stuff (9) Sunday 16th April	Takaosan (3) Saturday 15th April	A Local Night Out for Local People (1) Friday 14th April	Cooking (5) Thursday 13th April	A Bit of a Breakthrough Wednesday 12th April	Beer and Broadcasters Tuesday 11th April	Language Ability (10) Monday 10th April
A Very Sociable Sunday (1) Sunday 9th April	Junchan (6) Saturday 8th April	Quercus (1) Friday 7th April	Cheap Dinner Thursday 6th April	Hanami Number 2 (1) Wednesday 5th April	Hanami Number 1 Tuesday 4th April	Back at Work (2) Monday 3rd April
In Japan Again (6) Sunday 2nd April

Various - Trip Back to the UK

21st March 2006 - 1st April 2006
A trip back to the UK to attend Rob and Kate's wedding, and visit some family.

Places:
London
Reading
Abergavenny
Llyn Peninsula
Castle Donington
Guildford
Dublin

Pictures:
UK March 2006
Tuesday 21st - Friday 31st March 2006
Pictures from mine and Chie's trip back to the UK in March 2006, to attend Rob and Kate's wedding, and also visit friends and family.

Journal:

UK to Japan Saturday 1st April	London (2) Friday 31st March	Leeks and Llyn Thursday 30th March	Dublin (1) Wednesday 29th March	South to North Tuesday 28th March	Malmesbury (3) Monday 27th March
Out and About around Abergavenny Sunday 26th March	Guildford and Abergavenny Saturday 25th March	Rob and Kate's Wedding Friday 24th March	The Peak District Thursday 23rd March	Busy (1) Wednesday 22nd March	Off to England Tuesday 21st March

Tokyo - A couple of weeks in Tokyo in March

3rd March 2006 - 21st March 2006
Sandwiched inbetween trips to the USA and the UK, I ended up only being back in the city where I (supposedly) live for about two weeks.

Places:
Tokyo

Pictures:
Tokyo March 2006
Friday 3rd - Tuesday 21st March 2006
Pictures taken in Tokyo in March 2006, during two and a half weeks between trips to Seattle and the UK. Includes a weekend spent with Lorenzo.

Journal:

Off to England Tuesday 21st March	Getting Ready to Go Monday 20th March
A Day with Lorenzo (3) Sunday 19th March	Come Fry with Me Saturday 18th March	I had no idea it was St. Patrick's Day until... Friday 17th March	Stew Thursday 16th March	Birthday Wednesday 15th March	Posh Nosh Tuesday 14th March	Working Late (13) Monday 13th March
A BIOP too far (1) Sunday 12th March	Enoshima Spa Saturday 11th March	Okonomiyaki and Karaoke (2) Friday 10th March	Postponed Thursday 9th March	To Flame or not to Flame Wednesday 8th March	Pizza Tuesday 7th March	Back into the Routine (4) Monday 6th March
Girly Chat (2) Sunday 5th March	Busy Saturday (1) Saturday 4th March	In Japan Again (1) Friday 3rd March

Seattle - Business Trip Number 2

20th February 2006 - 2nd March 2006
Another business trip to Seattle and some fairly wintery weather!

Places:
Seattle

Pictures:
Seattle February 2006
Monday 20th February - Thursday 2nd March 2006
Pictures taken during the weekend break in the middle of a two week business trip to Seattle at the end of February 2006.

Journal:

Back to Tokyo Thursday 2nd March	Wrapping Up Wednesday 1st March	Mexican Tuesday 28th February	Monday Monday 27th February
Redneck for a Day (7) Sunday 26th February	Mount Rainier National Park (2) Saturday 25th February	Yeah I Know Friday 24th February	Malaise (13) Thursday 23rd February	Wednesday Wednesday 22nd February	Second Day in the US (1) Tuesday 21st February	Double Monday Monday 20th February

Tokyo - Winter in Tokyo

9th January 2006 - 20th February 2006
A cold few weeks in Tokyo - even some snow!

Places:
Tokyo

Pictures:
Tokyo February 2006
February 2006
Pictures in Tokyo in February 2006, including a visit to the Whisky Live exhibition, where I met such whisky celebrities as Richard Paterson and Dave Broom.

Tokyo January 2006
January 2006
Assorted pictures from daily life in Tokyo, at the start of the year of the dog.

Journal:

Double Monday Monday 20th February
Natsukashii (11) Sunday 19th February	Internet (1) Saturday 18th February	Friday (5) Friday 17th February	Broadcasting Thursday 16th February	Sherlock Holmes - Were the Books Better? Wednesday 15th February	Yellow Tuesday 14th February	Anti-Valentine's Day Monday 13th February
Sunday Sunday 11th February	Hide Saturday 11th February	Improvement Friday 10th February	Up and Down (2) Thursday 9th February	No Daikon! Wednesday 8th February	Great India (10) Tuesday 7th February	Mondays Monday 6th February
Eating Sunday 5th February	Mexican Saturday 4th February	That Karaoke Bar Again (5) Friday 3rd February	Gyoza Thursday 2nd February	Earthquakes and Karaoke (2) Wednesday 1st February	A Small Whinge About Labelling Tuesday 31st January	Monday Night Karaoke (10) Monday 30th January
Sunday (4) Sunday 29th January	Table (4) Saturday 28th January	Friday Night (4) Friday 27th January	Rest (2) Thursday 26th January	Okinawa Town Wednesday 25th January	Late, but not so Late Tuesday 24th January	Late Monday 23rd January
Geoff the Snowman (14) Sunday 22nd January	Snow (5) Saturday 21st January	Out in Shinjuku Friday 20th January	Oriental Food (1) Thursday 19th January	Wednesday Wednesday 18th January	Anniversary (6) Tuesday 17th January	Hard Work (3) Monday 16th January
Stools (15) Sunday 15th January	More Transportation of Olive Trees Saturday 14th January	Friday 13th Friday 13th January	Holmes and Donkey Thursday 12th January	An Evening with Holmes and Watson (4) Wednesday 11th January	Potential New Local Tuesday 10th January	The World's Fastest Olive Tree (2) Monday 9th January

Hiroshima - Seeing the Family

6th January 2006 - 9th January 2006
A late New Year's visit to see Chie's family in Hiroshima.

Places:
Hiroshima

Pictures:
Weekend in Hiroshima
Friday 6th - Monday 9th January 2006
A weekend in Hiroshima, visiting Chie's family as a sort of late New Year's break.

Journal:

The World's Fastest Olive Tree (2) Monday 9th January
At Home with the Family Sunday 8th January	Out with the Moriwakis (3) Saturday 7th January	Off to Hiroshima Friday 6th January

Tokyo - End of the Year in Tokyo

19th November 2005 - 6th January 2006
The end of Novemeber, all of December, and the start of January in Japan's capital.

Places:
Tokyo

Pictures:
Tokyo January 2006
January 2006
Assorted pictures from daily life in Tokyo, at the start of the year of the dog.

Kamakura New Year's Day
Sunday 1st January 2006
A New Year's Day outing to Kamakura, a town near Tokyo famous for its shrines and temples.

December in Tokyo
Friday 2nd - Saturday 31st December 2005
More assorted pictures from life in Tokyo, taken in December 2005.

Takaosan
Saturday 3rd December 2005
A day out with Hide to go and visit Takaosan - a mountain conveniently located within short distance of Tokyo.

November in Tokyo
Sunday 20th - Friday 25th November 2005
Assorted pictures from daily life in Tokyo during the latter part of November 2005.

Journal:

Off to Hiroshima Friday 6th January	Finally Ikebukuro Thursday 5th January	Tokyo by Night Wednesday 4th January	Failed Gardening Attempt (1) Tuesday 3rd January	Curry for Breakfast (6) Monday 2nd January
Kamakura (2) Sunday 1st January	New Year's Eve (1) Saturday 31st December	Darts with Shingo-san (4) Friday 30th December	Deliveries (2) Thursday 29th December	Settling In (6) Wednesday 28th December	The Inexplicable Lure of Karaoke (3) Tuesday 27th December	Odds and Ends (3) Monday 26th December
Christmas Day (4) Sunday 25th December	Christmas Shopping Saturday 24th Decembe