An Englishman in Nyu-gun

Welcome to the highs and lows of living in Asahi, Nyu-gun, a small and strange town nestled in the mountains of western Japan. Dare you read what thrilling adventures will befall....AN ENGLISHMAN IN NYU-GUN!!!

15 February 2005

Sapporo by night. Posted by Hello
Posted by Lewis at 3:14 pm
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In 2004, a few years after university, I decided to sign up for the JET programme, and I became an assistant English teacher in Fukui, a prefecture on the west coast of Japan. I taught there for two years before returning to London, where I now work in publishing.
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      • Snatched by vanity
      • Love Jam
      • Strawberry Sandwich
      • The snowboarding bug
      • God's fruit
      • Twelve strawberries for the bargainous price of 4,...
      • Individual apples for 735 yen each (about 3 pounds...
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      • "Cigarette smoke is wider than a human body".  
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      • Adventures in the frozen north
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      • Ishiya chocolate factory - I loved this place. Ish...
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      • A motocross rider crafted in ice.
      • Sapporo by night.
      • The snow festival takes place in three main locati...
      • A fan dance in the military base.
      • The snowman army await their orders.
      • This was definitely the best sculpture, in my opin...
      • A statue of two hands folded together. And nothing...
      • Thomas the Tank Engine! Yes, he's popular in Japan...
      • People were fighting to get a photo of this snow s...
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      • Snowboarding in Shiramine
      • The roads up to Shiramine from Ono were deserted -...
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      • Tetsuo gives the thumbs up. 
      • Wanda prepares to twat me with a snowball. She's s...
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      • From left to right: Fong, Wanda, Hudson and Brandon. 
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      • The Great Escape (or Dig For Victory)
      • My poor car, sunk up to its elbows in snow. 
      • After twenty minutes of digging, the car begins to...
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