I just want to start off and say this thread really isn't about my daily life but more so about some of the cool things I've done or seen. Of course if you have any questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer.
Backstory
I was offered an opportunity for a new position at work and a requirement was to live in Japan for a year and train at our head R&D center. I started in September 2016 and will be here until October 2017 with a couple trips back to the US in between. I'm living in Hiratsuka in the Kanagawa Prefecture. Its a pretty small town but its a 30 min train ride from Yokohama and 1 hour south of Tokyo. Anyways on to the pics which there will be quite a lot of!
Just landing in Japan for the first time in September '16 and I see a F12 TDF being unloaded from and Emirates plane.
20160921_001025 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Welcome sign at Narita Airport
20160921_002357 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
A typical supermarket. Food is much more expensive here as is everything else.
20161001_161548 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Japan is very mountainous so the highways just go straight through them.
20161003_063933 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Dried fish...I have no idea how people eat this stuff
20161003_214107 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
A month in and I was able to sign up for a gym which was a huge relief. Pretty small but gets the job done
20161017_201925 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Not sure I'll ever get used to putting slippers on to use the bathroom lol.
20161021_195026 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Like I said everything is expensive...$4-6k for these dogs!
20161022_171435 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
An interesting Subaru R2 Kei car
20161023_150906 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Not sure what to even consider this...
20161110_084802 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
They are really into their minivans
20161126_155309 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Japanese style "pizza" okonomiyaki
20161203_180312 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
A small side street in town
20161209_205749 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
They even use bikes to deliver packages
20161217_152325 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Backstory
I was offered an opportunity for a new position at work and a requirement was to live in Japan for a year and train at our head R&D center. I started in September 2016 and will be here until October 2017 with a couple trips back to the US in between. I'm living in Hiratsuka in the Kanagawa Prefecture. Its a pretty small town but its a 30 min train ride from Yokohama and 1 hour south of Tokyo. Anyways on to the pics which there will be quite a lot of!
Just landing in Japan for the first time in September '16 and I see a F12 TDF being unloaded from and Emirates plane.
20160921_001025 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Welcome sign at Narita Airport
20160921_002357 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
A typical supermarket. Food is much more expensive here as is everything else.
20161001_161548 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Japan is very mountainous so the highways just go straight through them.
20161003_063933 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Dried fish...I have no idea how people eat this stuff
20161003_214107 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
A month in and I was able to sign up for a gym which was a huge relief. Pretty small but gets the job done
20161017_201925 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Not sure I'll ever get used to putting slippers on to use the bathroom lol.
20161021_195026 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Like I said everything is expensive...$4-6k for these dogs!
20161022_171435 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
An interesting Subaru R2 Kei car
20161023_150906 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Not sure what to even consider this...
20161110_084802 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
They are really into their minivans
20161126_155309 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
Japanese style "pizza" okonomiyaki
20161203_180312 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
A small side street in town
20161209_205749 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr
They even use bikes to deliver packages
20161217_152325 by Drew Nelson, on Flickr