This won't be new for anyone who's been reading for a while.
I've finally gotten some space on my server freed up, so I can host some direct downloads of my two most recent DJ mixes. This is for those of you who couldn't or don't know how to use BitTorrent.
I took a trip out into the Japanese "countryside" a few weeks ago, but I didn't have space on my server to post the pics. Well my hosting company finally came through, and I have the space to post. Relief.
Included in the gallery (click the thumbnail below as usual) are pictures of 黒部峡谷(Kurobe Kyoukoku: Kurobe Gorge), 立山 (Tateyama), 氷見(Himi), 金沢(Kanazawa), 五箇山(Gokayama), 高山(Takayama), 銚子の滝(Choushinotaki: Choushi Waterfall), and finally 松本(Matsumoto).
Please enjoy!
I don't usually go for Engrish-themed clothing...but yesterday I got one I couldn't pass up.
Click the link below (you may have to scroll down, as the weird part is at the bottom of the picture).
Late-summer thunderstorms have come to my small bit of Japan, bringing daily mounting insane humidity, ominous clouds (replete with rumbling and distant flashes), followed by sudden torrential downpours.
For the brief (usually fifteen minutes or less) span in which the storm lasts, the cool is a relief. Soon after, however, the heat and even greater humidity tends to return. Sometimes the respite was worthwhile.
I remember one of my first weeks here in Gyoda, seeing the most intense thunderstorm I'd seen in my life. I'd never thought the term "raining buckets" was anything but a lame cliche, but it was true. Lightning struck literally every second.
Maybe it's nothing for people back home who live in the South or Midwest (or West even?), but in the comparably mild Northeast, I've seen nothing like it.
In Chichibu (the mountains that are the only thing worth mention in Saitama) there are plenty of places to get your nature on. I've been there in the past and I went again this year to get away from the oppressive heat and boredom in Gyoda. The pictures are nothing much, especially to those back home who are used to seeing trees and streams every day. You can, however, see a few pictures of me and get a look at how much I've aged in a mere two years since coming here. It's quite remarkable, really ... and kinda shitty.
Yes, I know I haven't written anything remotely like "substance" recently, but it seems like these days all I have are complaints and I don't want to inundate the blog with that garbage.
I do have a huge amount of pictures I want to post, but my hosting company is being ridiculously unresponsive about giving me more space, despite their selling point of having "no space limitations." So much for that.
I'll see if I can squeeze some pictures in.