Archive • Gostick 2023 Osaka Japan • Buttondown

Report 13: Weird & random

November 28, 2023

There's been so much that happened the last few weeks. We've been having so much fun with friends Yuka and Nancy - baseball parades, rock climbing, crazy...

Report 12: Last Road Trip

November 22, 2023

Sorry this post is a bit out of date now! I have 2 more planned after this one. Halloween Given how popular and fun Halloween is, it's always a surprise to...

Report 11: The Parents

October 30, 2023

Our trip is coming to an end, but our exciting activities and events are not! We had some visitors over the last couple of weeks. Jeff's mom (Sharon) and...

Report 10: Kansai

October 12, 2023

The schedule of our days here is very flexible because of the home schooling. I've also adopted the "experience" is "school" attitude. The end result is that...

Report 9: Hiroshima

October 1, 2023

Hiroshima This summer's smash hit movie was Oppenheimer, about the making of the Atomic Bomb. We haven't tried to find an English cinema yet, so haven't seen...

Report 8: Temple Stay!

September 6, 2023

So we were all sick for a while after going to Okinawa. While the boys and I are now better, Jeff's head cold morphed into into a DOUBLE ear infection. So...

Report 7: Okinawa

August 23, 2023

Obon August 13-16 is "Obon" period in Japan. "Obon" is a Buddhist observance meant to pay respect to one's ancestors. During this period many travel to visit...

Report 6: Whirlwind Tokyo Visit

Report 6: Whirlwind Tokyo Visit I took the boys to Tokyo for a week, which is not much time to see all the things! It was a whirlwind, and we "probably"...

Report 5: Nara & Kyoto

Canada Day I heard the place to be was a Canadian bar called "Slices" in Osaka, which is owned by Canadians expats and even has a little maple leaf on their...

Report 4: Nintendo Land

Moving We finally(!) completed all the steps for moving - it was a long process. We get so many things in the mail we can't read - utility bills, health care...

Moving We had to move out of University residence because someone else had reserved our unit. We weren't too upset because it was our intention anyway to...

We have been enjoying our new life in Osaka, but the time finally arrived to take a trip outside the city! Fukuoka Jeff had a conference in Fukuoka last...

First report from Osaka

Hi All, Thanks so much for checking in and asking how we are doing. Jeff thinks we should use this newsletter format for sending updates, so people can...