In the Land of the Rising Sun, things haven't changed much in the 12 days I've been away. It still raineth - no sign of the end of the rainy season yet - and the local baseball team (well they're not that far away in Osaka) Hanshin Tigers keep on winning. The latter is very good news indeed and I'll go into more detail at a later date about how the Tigers winning has a really positive effect on life in this part of Japan.
I've been telling a few people here that though I had a really good time in the States, there is an underlying tension there which is sufficiently discomforting to make one glad to leave. I also don't think the tension has much (if anything) to do with the heightened terrorism alert there right now. I hope I go to the U.S. many times in the future, but I know I will never go to live there. Now I'd better get off-line before I totally alienate my American readers. :+(
Posted by Joe at July 1, 2003 11:09 PM