On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 16:28:51 +0900, "mr.sumo.snr"
<llanelli14NOSPAM@yahoo.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:


>In fact I'd suggested to a local GEOS 'serf', who wanted to renew her
>re-entry permit only, to use my man at a cost of 10000yen on top of the
>6000yen for the permit.  She eventually declined saying that since she was
>heading off to Tokyo anyway at some time in the future she'd pop to the main
>immigration office there.  The only time I've been there was last May and
>then I was in my car (correction, my wife's car with a navi) and couldn't
>actually tell you where I was in relation to anywhere else - Shinjuku being
>my only personal point of reference (not forgetting my luxury accommodation
>down in Kanagawa).


If you're talking about the one down at the Shinagawa Wharf area, I
remember when they were building it. Had no idea what the hell they
were working on at the time. First clue I had that it was an
immigration office was sometime last year when I stopped at a
convenience store a stone's throw from the place, one supposedly
operated by the Port Authority for the benefit of the folks who have
to work down in that area devoid of restaurants, shops, etc. What that
means, in other words, is that I wouldn't expect to encounter any
(other) foreigners down there. Went in and the place was lousy with
them. Drove by the front of the new building, saw all the gaigins, and
finally figured out they put the immigration office down there.

You should see all the hapless lost gaigins searching for the place in
the mornings. Befuddled gaigins tend to be on the north side of the
bridge between Tennozu Isle Station and Shinagawa Futo. More
confident-looking gaigins tend to be on the south side of the bridge.
They're crew members on freighters docked at Ooi Futo.




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Michael Cash

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                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College