First part-time job
My approach to the choice of part-time job lacked humbleness, the desirable quality in young people in Japan. Other school peers found their part-time jobs at restaurants, fast food shops, […]
Money and me
My parents sent me enough money every month to cover the rent, utility bills, and food. The amount would have been enough if I had lived a frugal life. But […]
Eddy’s transformation
Aki moved to the US in her late 20s and since then acquired the green card. A few years ago, she visited me when she had attended a conference in […]
Dating experiment – part 2
It was about two months later that we had sex. I wanted to experience it, and Chris was perfect for it because he smelled good and was not gross. Sex […]
Dating experiment – part 1
I met Chris through Eddy. Chris was studying at Waseda that year in the same program as Eddy. He was not a bad looking white boy from the East Coast […]
Dancing in Roppongi
I much preferred dancing to drinking. I was introduced to clubbing by Eddy and Aki from the circle. Eddy was a half Japanese American guy who grew up in Kobe […]
The fake-med student
There was the circle’s event during the day, and we had an after-party at an izakaya in Shinjuku. We occupied a large tatami room with six rectangle tables. We used […]
Failed date
In the international circle I joined, I met a boy I was attracted to. We flirted, and he even walked me home one evening. At one drinking social, he asked […]
First opportunity
Soon after I moved to Tokyo, my sister invited me out for a drink. She was going to meet up with a guy she knew from the same church at […]
The first assault story
As I was starting to expand the social circle, I received a phone call from a friend from high school, Kana. She also lived in Tokyo and went to a […]