shorne in japan

Well,  day 2 is over and I passed.  It was not so hard.  Here are some tips: drive slowly, look around and listen to the instructor.  The wait was pretty long and it overlaps with lunch hour so you might want to bring some food.

Here we are:

Here in Japan, Americans with a valid US license can go through a license transfer process to acquire a Japanese drivers license. The process takes 2 days.  One day for registering and taking a written test and one day for taking a behind-the-wheel test. See more information at Japanese Driver's License and Driving Test Tips.

Today I finished day 1.

The problem I had this morning was that all of the addresses for the places in Tokyo were only in English.  This is fine, but there are not many English maps of Japan.  Searching google maps for these addresses doesn't return much.  So here it is, the Japanese translations and maps for the places one in Tokyo needs to go:

JAF Headquarters Tokyo
Tokyo 105-8562 2-2-17 Shiba Minato-ku Tokyo
東京都港区芝２丁目−２−１７

Samezu Driver's License Center
1-12-5, Higashi-Oi, Shinagawa-ku

鮫洲運転免許試験場
東京都品川区東大井１丁目１２−５

Fuchu Driver's License Center
3-1-1, Tama-cho, Fuchu-shi

府中運転免許試験場
東京都府中市多磨町３丁目−１−１

English origins:

• JAF Regional Headquarters & Offices : Kanto
• Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department - Procedures for Driver's License

Its been a busy year. A few weeks back I took some time off for golden week and traveled to Bali Indonesia. We left on May 5th and flew back on may 10th. While in Bali, Sachi and I found plenty of things to keep us busy.

• Rented a bali bike, 50,000 rupiah a day
• Played golf in Ulu watu New Kuta
• Drank beer, Bali Hai is better than Bintang
• Rafting
• Ate dinner kalimantan
• Hiking in the rice terrace, surrounded by jungle
• Went to a Spa

Lately I have been up to other things. I have acquired quite a few new and old hobbies.

• Playing Golf
• Baking
• Working on contacts application

Well, its Christmas day. Happy Christmas.

Now, for all my friends back home who usually read manga, I have a present. I don't really read manga but I have found its helpful when studying Japanese.

First page of Naruto 382:

Natuto-382-p1

In Japan most things that men will find sexy in a woman will be accepted as the same in western culture. This image shows something that just does not make sense but is popular among young japanese. Here, bow legged woman are considered to be cute. Is this because these woman look less powerful and therefore more apealling to their male partners? しらない