I have been in Japan for about a year and a half now. More specifically, I have been in a city called Tonami, which is located in Toyama Prefecture in Japan. I have learned a lot of things since I've been here and plan to keep learning more. I have made some of the best friends of my life.

I came from Huntington Beach, which is in Southern California. I majored in Japanese with a minor in music in college. I have both been told and felt many times that the combination doesn't seem very useful. However, I have found myself very much involved with both Japanese and music in my everyday life.

I want to talk about many things on here including (but not limited to) recording music, live music, making guitars, Japanese language, language acquisition, and life in Tonami. Particularly for language acquisition and life in Tonami, I might post in Japanese occasionally. I might even post in both English and Japanese in the same post depending on the topic.

Anyways, that is pretty much it. I just wanted to get this started. I hope to update this on a regular basis.

Thanks for reading,
Steven