Salaariman Tapir

Hi! Only a month left of the trip, and I've hardly noticed time passing. I think a big part of it is because of how evenly my weeks float by here - it's been over three years since I had this steady weekly schedule for this long. (Last time was when I drove a taxi 60h a week before starting my studies.) On top of that, everything has been running pretty smoothly after the the initial sick days and after getting used to the apartment and daily life in it. Speaking of which, I think I've yet to describe the looks of the apartment in any way! I'm aftraid though that house tour in the apartments current state is impossible, because of, well, the carnage that are my living conditions when let go unchecked by anyone else. I do set things in order about once in a week, but it's just too easy to get comfortable with things in inconvenient places with so little possessions and so much space. Because space there is, just a bit too much. It's only a one room apartment ...

Hello! Two weeks have gone by in a flash, and while things could be more active and productive for me, life is starting to set to a regular rhythm. The weekend two weeks ago, after the earlier post, I spent in Tokyo with friends Matias and Tobias from Slush, from my work back at Finland. We ended up going to the same restaurant I went with Lauri two weeks prior, and it just as much a blast as it was the first time. This was Matias' and Tobbes' first time eating at an izakaya, a traditional japanese pub/restaurant thingy, and I was glad that I could introduce it to them. I'm still thinking of doing this big write up of Japanese food and restaurant culture as far as I'm familiar with it, but long story short, izakayas are the place where a local salaryman goes with their friends after a day at work, either for a few beers and some snacks or a party with all kinds of Japanese food and an all-you-can-drink deal (for two hours, at least). In the izakaya culture food is a...