A 'Hair Flap', You Say?
Hi, I’m Scott, a guy that keeps finding himself in Japan, be it as an exchange student, an Assistant Language Teacher on the JET Programme, or most recently just a dude with a camera. At some point I got the bright idea to share the thoughts and images that came to me while in this amazing country and that’s what this is… a blog called Hair Flap.
As to what the actual words ‘Hair Flap’ might mean, well, that’s gonna take a bit more ‘splainin’…
Recent Blog Posts
A Glimpse of Imazato’s “New Road”
A while back, while I was waiting to meet my wife for an event, I found myself strolling around the neighborhood of Imazato and came across a time portal. Okay, not exactly, but it might as well have been. What it actually was, was a local, 1km long shōtengai (商店街), a...
Spring in Osaka: Exploration Expedition 05
It's getting Spring-y in Osaka these days. Winter clothes are getting put away and short sleeves are coming out. This weekend marked the end of Golden Week in Japan, the string of national holidays that create a week of vacation for most people and it was great...
Grey Hanami at Osaka Castle 2017
After all the hype, this year turned out to be a thoroughly grey and wet Hanami on the day we made our outing under the blooming Sakura trees. That's not to say the whole season was like that, of course. It just happened that the day we met up with some Mary's...
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Fukuma
福岡県宗像郡福間町 2001-2004
Tokyo
東京都豊島区池袋 Spring 2015
Sendai
宮城県仙台市青葉区 2015
Osaka
大阪市天王寺区 2016-Present
