so you went to uni in japan? did you move there specifically to go to uni or move there before then?

Sorry - so completely unrelated to St Crispin, but you've had a rather unique traipse around the world I expect and I'm curious!

No, uni in Sheffield, where I studied Japanese, and went to Japan on a scholarship ... and never got out. My references are, like my movements, a bit peripatetic, but I've always thought of that as an advantage - as I suspect you do as well. :+)