Status Updates From Kanazawa

-reach the lodge in the summit before darkness. Fortunately for him, Emmitt reaches him as night falls having both just sustained mild injuries. Stakes are high, this is getting good!

Mirai has returned from her two- week guest teaching at an ikebana in Australia, Asuka is preparing to move to Taipei and thus contributes ti the diminishing of Mirai's wish to live in Tokyo. Emmitt bought a small house in Shiramine, which is a notion everybody takes really well to. Otōsan escapes a sumo festival in town and starts climbing Hakusan on a whim, no gear, without having let anyone know, with no hope to-

While the writing is a bit choppy and unnatural, I enjoy the subject matter. A life in Japan as a foreigner, voyaeuring throught its sights, exploring different facets, concerns, ups and downs of living in a soceity in which you're well acclimated and yet you'll always be a stranger to. I appreciate getting to learn about Shiramine, Kanazawa, the state of housing and job market, literary clubs and pastimes.