My man “Kid” Yamamoto will be fighting in the next UFC in Vegas. Here’s a nice interview he did with UFC - you can get a good idea about the type of person he is. He loves his family and his pets. What more can you ask for in a man?
Check it out right here on UFC.com
Photo by Billy DeCola - all rights reserved
1/29/2011 (Saturday) DRAGON CLUB & AMATO RECORZ presents 卍LINE 3rd ALBUM RELEASE PARTY
Show starts at Midnight!
Damn! It looks like we have to stay away from the Yakitori joints for a little while until Japan’s latest case of the Avian Flu blows over.
Chickens at a poultry farm in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, tested positive for bird flu in a preliminary examination, the prefecture said Tuesday, following outbreaks of a highly lethal strain of avian influenza in Miyazaki Prefecture.
Read more about the Avian Influenza at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
From Jan. 19th 2011 Tokyo convenience stores will begin selling Kirin’s newest beverage - Canned Coffee with Alcohol or “Yoru Cafe” which, in Japanese, means Night Cafe.
Whoa whoa! - “add a little whiskey to your coffee kind sir?”
You never know what you might find in a Japanese vending machine!
I’ve been getting a lot of emails and messages on facebook lately from people asking me about Teaching English in Japan. When I was on the hunt for work in Japan back in the day (1999) I barely knew about the internet so jobs weren’t as easy to find for me. Now it’s a different story.
Jobs in Japan websites
GaijinPot
Daijob
Ohayo Sensei
Find a Teacher
Once you find a job in Japan and enter the country on a tourist VISA the company you work for will most likely provide you with a working VISA and a re-entry permit. The length of your VISA will depend on the type of VISA - I got a “Specialist in Humanity” the first time which was good for 2 years.