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      • Hejsan!
        04/26/11
        No I'm not going to start speaking Swedish.. But I met 2 Swedes taking same lessons I did, they had apparently come here in October and are going to leave in August. Nice to meet fellow scandinavians, they were also surprised to hear I'm from Finland.

        Starting this weeks Friday,

      • Okie dokie, finally I got these pictures uploaded
        04/22/11

        A picture outside the castle, see the moat and the trees.


        Sadly the main tower was under renoval, and I couldn't see it. It has been "drawn" to the wall of the renoval scaffolds.


        The gates were huge.


        Samurai armors, too bad they

      • I got a job
        04/18/11
        Yes, I'm going to start teaching Finnish at language school.. They we're desperately needing Finnish teachers apparently!
        The pay is quite good, and it doesn't take too much time either. Perfect for a student like me I guess.
        Buut, I need to fill one application once more, t

      • Still no pictures, sorry!
        04/13/11
        Okay, lot's of things have happened in this short period again.

        I'll go it through partly:

        The party on last friday was pretty nice (bonus: free dinner!). On saturday I went to Osaka, to vote in finnish election. I met few finnish people who had been living various ti

      • Some days after the last post
        04/07/11
        Monday:

        I got a ride from my roommate to the 東灘区役所(Higashi-Nada Regional Office (or city hall if you will)), where I applied at the Alien registration. After that I was told I should also join the 国民健康保険(Japanese National Health Insurance), which I did, and which cos

      • Day after arrival
        04/02/11
        After the long flight (about 18 hours if I remember right) I arrived to Japan 1.4.2011 about 8 am. From there I took train to Osaka, where I changed to train to Kobe.

        The weather was sunny and the scenery I saw from train was nice. One thing that I found interesting was the small farming

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