"Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3F8B572E.2020906@hotmail.com...
> Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
> > It does pain me that I couldn't take the real Japan, and had to drop out
and
> > settle for this pale shadow. Sometimes, as I watch the sun sink into the
> > azure sea, sipping awamori and listening to the breeze rustle through
the
> > sugar cane, I feel a pang of nostalgia for the black, sludgy waters of
> > Nagoyakou.
>
> You resided in minato-ku? For some reason I thought your previous hotel
> was further from the black sludgy stuff.

My wife's sister lives in minato-ku. That was the first place I stayed in
Japan.

We lived in Obu, so made it out to Shinmaiko once in a while. Slightly less
sludgy, but it made up for that with the fumes rising up from the industrial
waste used for landfill.

> > But we all have our crosses to bear. I try to bear mine taking an
example
> > from the English, by keeping a stiff upper lip and drinking way too much
> > alcohol.
>
> An invoice for membership dues for the Wanderer's Cricket Club is on its
> way.

Does it include an obligation to play or watch cricket? If not, count me in.

-- 
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom