Nate goes to the Far East

While my move to fantastic Somerville may be an exciting and brand new experience, I'd like to remind my readers who aren't familiar with my college acquaintances about one particular friend's move to Japan. Nate Averyt's journey to the Land of the Rising Sun is an amazing one. In his blog, Nate writes about and photographs the transition he made from the Western World to the East:

When last we left our hero, he had just gotten to his final destination in Higashiomi City in the Shiga prefecture. As it turns out though, Higashimoi City is a bit of a misnomer. It isn't an actual city, but a conglomerate of small neighboring cities that have decided to join together for administrative purposes. The name of my actual city is Aito, and prior to the merger was the second smallest city in the prefecture. It's very rural with a good part of the land taken up by rice fields. Lots of beautiful mountains though, covered in trees, and I'm told it looks very lovley when the leaves change. ~read more at: The Happy Smile Super Challenge Family Wish Show

Congratulations to Nate on your successful transition to Nippon life, and thanks for reading my blog.