13 more 3-4 page first drafts to check by Tuesday. Then it’ll be 30ish final drafts. However, final grades aren’t due till January. I got some time.

Mount Fuji 🗻 on the lovely Sunday evening

Koinobori in Kawagoe earlier this year. #filmphotography #shotonfilm #koinobori #鯉のぼり #japan

The government is considering raising the current ¥10,000 ($64) fee that foreign nationals pay to obtain permanent residency to as high as ¥300,000 and tightening the criteria for naturalization. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11...

What I got to see tonight when I walked out of the classroom.

This is the second Yamada Denki I’ve been to that has had this game still in stock.

My local Yamada Denki still has new old stock of 3DS, Wii, and Wii U games. For example here is LoZ Skyward Sword for Wii. 19 new unopened copies. It would be cheaper to buy the Switch remake than the original. #legendofzelda #zelda #nintendo

Family went out to visit some friends today and won’t be back until tomorrow. I got some errands and later will check student writing.

Autumn gold #Ginkgo #ginkgoleaves #autumn #秋

Mt Fuji is down the street. Saturday Nov 22 at about 9:20am. 📍Fujimino City (富士見の市) 1st. In camera conversation (raw -> jpg) transfer to phone. 2nd. Back of camera view. #mtfuji #japan #富士山

Playing some Wii Sports Resort with the oldest.

I never had a Master System or a NES/SNES. I only had home computers until about 1995 when I bought a Megadrive (my first console). This was quite late in its lifecycle but it meant you could get cheap games on market stalls. It was a great console! www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

Woke up with a splitting headache, since then it’s been a dull constant headache.

The GameCube was released 24 years ago. #Nintendo #gamecube

Big 大

You can tune a piano but you can’t tune a fish. #DBZ

We have about 4 more weeks of classes and we are done for the school year. Classes won’t start up again until April 13th.

I replaced the sticks with these clear ones a few months ago. However they didn’t fit right, like they sat too far down. Saw online that this is common Chinese 3rd market parts and the person suggested putting foil in the hole to make it fit better. It worked and feels great. #gamecube

After watching the new Mario Galaxy movie trailer, the oldest boy decided to play SMG (Wii) tonight.

Devastating news spoon-tamago.com/jr-east-suic...

Caught this beetle at the end of July. He just died. Got a couple boys who will be sad.

Going through the station gate I taped the IC reader with my wallet and card (commuter pass), but because I was wasn’t prepared I had my phone on top of my wallet. My phone has a different digital card on it. The IC reader saw my phone and my phone said “no charge.” The gate also blocked me.

One of my 1TB external drives is starting to fail. Got a new one to replace it. Had the old one for about 8 years. Cracked open the enclosure and thinking I’ll eventually put an SSD in it.

Me from 2008 in Nara, Japan.

8 years ago today, I was leaving a doctor’s office and was given a hot bowl of homemade soup in the parking lot.

Oooh oooh we know! (Short answer: Other Asian languages exist) unseen-japan.com/etymology-of...

Got the flu shot yesterday and today I have a runny nose. Early this week one of my kids was sick.

Snow and sakura from this past March. 🎞️ Fujifilm Pro 400H #filmphotography #photography #sakura #japan #snow

Got on the express train and didn’t realize it. So now I got to three stops past mine and then switch. At least trains are very regular an it’s not adding too much extra time.

Here are a few shots from this past April. Finally got the roll 35mm film developed. #cherryblossoms #japan #filmphotography

Found a darkroom enlarger in my local second hand shop.

Went to Tokyo today for the JALT conference. Meet people from when I lived in Kyoto and Nagano.

Ghostly October 2017 Iida, Nagano #longexposure #ghost

One of my favorite Halloween pictures I’ve taken. (Iida, Nagano 2023) #halloween #lightpainting #longexposure #photography

Tennessee BBQ chicken sandwich from Wendy’s Japan. Pretty tasty.

No work today and Monday. Wow a four day weekend.

What a pain to get home tonight. Some sort of issue with the signal lights and now trains are delayed.

Post a vampire that’s not Dracula. Dio Brando from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Roasted pumpkin seeds

Got a jack-o-lantern

OK, the things-for-sale thread is a go. May post to eBay or Yahoo Auctions, but will start by posting things on social in case people I know can use what I need to sell. Speed is good, would love to see this stuff moved ASAP. This will be mostly photo stuff, but not entirely.

This Ollee watch replacement for Casio watches looks interesting. www.olleewatch.com

I agree with this esp. with the ratio of silly to sensible episodes in old Trek vs new Trek. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajAq...

Enough of a chill tonight that I needed to put on a long sleeve shirt

Started watching Only Murders in the Building this week. So far it’s been a fun show to watch.

Finally starting Super Mario RPG. Got this last January…

Started Zelda TOTK in December 2023 and now I have just officially finished it.

Looked at the pictures I took with the DSLR and I’m not happy with what I did. I was rushed and didn’t pay close enough attention to the settings. My wife suggested that next yeah I should go twice, once with family and another without.

Recently finished watching LOST since it originally aired. I’ve been wanting to rewatch for a while but I remembered not liking how it ended. Enjoyed it the 2nd time through except for the final season.

I’ve had such bad luck with a postcard exchange group. The June exchange was great, I received a small package and my postcard was received. For July I didn’t receive anything and no idea if my card was received. Skipped August. Tried again in Sept and the same as July.