"Japanward Bound" or "Golf is good for something after all"

Hikikomori is taking the cultural insensitivity on the road!

This May, Mutsumi and I are heading to Japan for free. Well, almost free. You see, one of Mutsumi's coworkers won a golf tournament of some sort and the grand prize was two tickets to Japan. Seeing as how he was from Japan, and his company was already going to pay for his trip back, he gave the tickets to us. Lucky! We still have to pay for a flight to New York and travel expenses in Japan, but it's going to be considerably cheaper.

Although the itinerary is not completely set, it looks like we'll be staying in Tokyo for a couple of nights with Mutsumi's sister. I'm planning on visiting Roppongi Hills since it wasn't there the last time I was in Tokyo. I hear Kojima Productions' offices are in Roppongi Hills, so if you guys are reading this (and I know you are), how about a tour? After Tokyo we're going to head to Iwate prefecture; Kamaishi in particular. There I'll get to see the in-laws again. We'll probably take a trip to an onsen one weekend. Fun. We'll also be visiting friends in Sendai and Akita Prefecture.

This trip i will actually have a camera (that wasn't purchased at a 7-11), so I'll have a ton of pictures to share. I'll try to post from there if I have time.