Monthly Archives: June 2009
Mexican Food FINALLY (kind of…) Comes to Nagasaki City!
So if you’re anything like me, one of the only things that seems to make life in Japan seem to drag a bit at times is the distinct lack of Mexican Food available for consumption. I like many of my fellow American compatriots crave a good burrito/taco/quesadilla more than probably any other food stuff on the planet. There’s Mike’s, and Chango’s in Sasebo which I make sure to hit up when I’m in that hood, but since I spend a vast majority of my time on the southern end of the prefecture, I sometimes go months without being able to indulge in my near constant desire for a meaty, cheesy, juicy burrito doused in Guacamole and Salsa. In America that would have been absolutely unheard of, but here in Nagasaki it had basically just become a fact of life. Until now… (Read more)
Lecture on the Amazon Rainforest in Higashisonogi on 6/20 2PM-3:30
For those of you who don’t have the benefit of understanding the assemblage of lines known as “Kanji”, the above is a poster for a FREE lecture that will be taking place in Higashisonogi this coming June 20th. The lecture will be given by Ms. Minami Kenko of the Rainforest Foundation Japan based in Tokyo. The lecture will cover such topics as, what we can learn from the native peoples of the Amazon (Ms. Kenko lived with them for many years so she knows), just how bad the destruction of the rainforest is down there, how Japan is playing a near direct role in that destruction, and what we can do in our daily lives to help to lessen our own environmental impact. The lecture will be entirely in Japanese so I suppose it’s mostly for you perapera types, but there’s a slide show too, so at least there’ll be pretty pictures. (Read more)