Archive for December 19th, 2008
Marriage in “the West”
I was having an interesting coversation with the mother of the Japanese family I was staying with in Tokyo about marriage. She was talking about how the divorce rate in Japan is rising. She was shocked when I mentioned that the divorce rate in England was currently approximately 50% (update: just checked the government figures, [...]
Posted: December 19th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: America, Asia, culture, Europe, Japan, love, marriage, United Kingdom
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Tokyo and Hakone
First thing on Wednesday morning I headed to Ginza as I needed to buy some socks; the mission to do this was successful and after that I headed to Tokyo station to get the rest of my train tickets reservations. After this I headed to Ryogoku and the Sumo (really pronounced with a very short [...]
Posted: December 19th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: Asia, Japan, New Zealand, Tokyo, United Kingdom
Comments: 1