No post last week, but that’s not because nothing happened, just that I’ve been too busy. Saturday saw us at Nozomi’s uncle’s house, helping him out with orange picking. He has a big farm and gets professional pickers to help pick the higher graded fruit. There is quite a bit of fruit left over after that which still needs picking, and the whole family go over to help with that.
So after my fabulous haircut last week I was all set for the wedding. Of course we haven’t bothered getting an iron yet (who needs to iron jeans and t-shirts?) so we popped over to the in-laws on Friday evening to iron our fancy wear. We knew the wedding was coming up so I had brought my suit with me (Yes I do own one, and no I don’t remember the last time I wore it) and Nozomi had her skirt and top.
We’d also happened to visit a craft market in Peckham a month or two before we left and I picked up a nice pair of Ziggy cuff-links!
We had a couple of house viewings lined up for Saturday last week. The first one was arranged for 11:00am which does not seem too early, but when you have to leave before 9:00am to get there on time, it meant waking up much earlier than we would like for a weekend! This first estate agent was not too keen on showing us properties for some reason, but we did go and see one. That was our first encounter with tiny little Tokyo flats.
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We’re in! I’d already done the work of getting the spouse visa so the immigration official didn’t really have to ask for anything else. She printed off my “Foreigner registration card” and off we went.
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I do feel that we are extremely fortunate to be able to do this. Our families worked hard to put us in a situation that allowed us to even consider such a trip. And we don’t have anything else tying us down yet so it seemed like a good time to give it a go.
We definitely have the love of all our friends with us. Pretty much everyone we’ve spoken to has been happy for us (with a tinge of envy thrown in perhaps). And most people say that Japan is a place that they would love to visit. Here’s hoping we get a few more people to travel to Japan.