Fukuoka

For many people, Japan=Tokyo or Kyoto or Osaka even Okinawa but few people know about Fukuoka. So, here are some links you can check out!

1) Fukuoka now-this is both an online site and a monthy "magazine" for the foreign community in Fukuoka. I actually met my honey on the online personals on the website. If you go to the "Fukuoka now forums" it will take you to another page with job postings, personals etc.

http://www.fukuoka-now.com/index.php

2)http://kyushu.com/fukuoka

3)http://www.thejapanfaq.com/fukpic.html

Great pics!

4)http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/fukuoka_picture.htm

Enjoy!

Another Blog!

Jess informed me today that she blogged about my store (and others). So I checked it out and she has a very interesting blog so check it out!

http://seaparty.blogspot.com/2008/02/etsy-favs_24.html

Pondering while in the tub....

I just had a lovely bath. It is freezing out (actually snowing) and that is the perfect time to have a hot bath in a deep Japanese tub (with the window open so it feels like an outside "onsen" or hotspring). I put some of my handmade bath salts in and had my fabulous handmade face mask/scrub on and I was sitting there thinking about making some products to sell on Etsy.I love making products and my friends and family have told me I should sell them but I'm still undecided. I had the idea of offering free samples to customers who by paper and other supplies from my Etsy store just to get some feedback on the products or just to introduce the products to people. Any thoughts on that? Good idea? Bad idea? Hmmmm..... Could you answer the poll up on the right hand side please? You can post any comments here. Thanks!

Onaka ittaikatta....or ...I was sick as a dog!!

Well, I'm finally better. Wednesday morning I started to get sick....thought it was something I ate but I figured by the 5th time of running to the toilet to throw up that it had to be something else. UGH!! I hate throwing up and in Japan it is worse because there really is no space to get down near the toilet. For those of you who don't know, toilets are separated from the rest of the bathroom. Some "toilet rooms" have more space than mine but usually not so much!

Anyway, needless to say I was out of it all day and actually it was just today that I felt like myself. Sadly, my honey got sick on Friday so I was busy taking care of him and my assistant couldn't come over so I couldn't work much on my business. Thankfully my customers have been very understanding!! Thank you!!!

More Interviews and blogs

February 19th the Lonely Octopus (fellow etsian) blogged about my store. She has some cute things on her blog and in her store.
http://thelonelyoctopus.blogspot.com/2008/02/from-japan-with-love.html


February 17th I was intereviewed for JMFinances's blog (also fellow etsian)...he blogs about lots of great stores so check him out.
http://jjmfinance.blogspot.com/2008/02/fromjapanwithlove.html

The funny things my honey says

So today we were walking to Moss burger (think McDonalds but better) to get one of their lettuce burgers (no buns.....they use lettuce instead....yummy!) and suddenly he grabs me by the wrist. I asked him what he was doing. He usually replies with something cute and cheesy like " you are a prisoner of my love" but today he says " you are under arrest..." and instead of "you have the right to remain silent..." he comes out with "you have the right to science". At this point I'm laughing. So I ask him to repeat himself and he comes out with "you have the remains of silence".At this point I'm just about on the floor I'm laughing so hard. I LOVE his cute mistakes!!! Thank God he can laugh about it too!!

More Cute Kid Pics

These are more cute pics of some of the kids I teach and their siblings. So cute!!! I call them nicknames like "pumpkin" and after seeing the shocked look on a mom's face I explain that in English it is ok to call your kids cute nicknames......now they laugh about it.