The city of Chiba is really cool! There is anything you could want in a small city...cafes, restaurants, train station, a bay, shops, parks...but I haven't checked out the night life. I don't really have any friends yet although my boss and her sister have been very accomodating and generous.
I've been a bit of a hermit so I don't have too much to say at this time. I'll post some pictures soon and some stories too! I just wanted to let you know I'm doing fine and I miss you! Please feel free to write, I should be getting internet service soon.
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You may've figured this out by now, Kate, but for the benefit of your readers: you're not in Chiba. You're in a suburb called Makuhari (assuming you're at the address listed below). Your Byzantine Japanese address lists Chiba twice because Makuhari is in the Chiba ward of Chiba prefecture. Chiba city -- in Chiba ward of Chiba prefecture -- is about twenty minutes east on the Keiyo line.
It's funny that you made that confusion, though. It shows how ridiculous Japan is -- i.e., you'd be excused for thinking you're in a city there in Makuhari. But no, you're in a densely populated suburb of a city, Chiba, which is itself more or less a suburb of Tokyo. What's in between all those densely populated suburbs? More suburbs filled with highrise apartments. Ain't no city like a Japanese city, cause a Japanese city don't stop.
Yeah, anyway, I look forward to these updates, since -- to clear up confusion for anyone reading this who doesn't know me -- I used to live in that very apartment and work that very job.
Oh! And you should get in touch with that guy Jesse. I only met him once, but he's awesome.
Benjo-chan
Yep, I keep asking people where I live because my address is a full paragraph! I finally figured out that Grand Patios is the name of the building I live in. So thankyou Ben for clearing that up for me and my viewers! Makuhari sounds way cooler anyway!
Yeah, and have you looked at the address in Japanese? I personally never got good at writing kanji so that it's actually readable, so, on several ocassions, I was signing up for something -- a Costco membership or a video store card or something -- and I had to ask the clerk to copy my address for me from my gaijin card. In other words, I had to basically ask, "Um. . . can you tell me where I live?"
And yeah, "Makuhari" sounds cool as ben (Nihongo: "shit"). Not to mention your train stop, "Keihin-Makuhari," which means seaside Makuhari.
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