Week 51, 2025 — Arrive in Tokyo

I cleaned my flat, took care of some visa admin (long story) and flew out to Tokyo on Thursday, arriving Friday night. Usually I go into the office the next morning so getting a restful weekend first felt very relaxed.

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I finished listening to Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar’s “You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism” which was funny-not-funny and Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s “Before the Coffee gets Cold” which I regret not reading in the original Japanese.

Speaking of Japanese books, I finally sorted out how to get Amazon.co.jp on my Kindle. Yes! I’m banging my head against the wall for letting a decade pass without looking into it properly. What I needed was a new Amazon account, since my previous .co.jp account was transferred to the .fr account, registering my Wise card so that I don’t get crazy exchange rates, and assigning my Kindle to the new account. (I now have a Japanese Kindle and an English ebook tablet, which is excessive but unavoidable.) Now that I’ve worked on my attention span the last six months and able to read books again, I’m really keen on reading new Japanese releases.

Looking forward to a fun three weeks in Tokyo.