Fukui's rank on "areas in Japan we don't care about"

Take a look-see at the following link to see where my Japanese home ranks.

Japan Probe's article

This article has been passed around Facebook by fellow Fukui foreign cellar dwellers, and I figured I'd pass this info along to you as well. We are up in arms!

Fukui is different, but I kinda like it here. The people are pretty friendly, it's got some interesting places, and it's a little better than the hustle and bustle cities IMO. It's a little more laid back... and we don't have swine flu yet!

We do have nuclear power plants here that supply half of Western Japan. Think of us as a Simpsonesque Springfield... Japanese-style.

Although I'm disappointed that we didn't get first place, I think I'll live with the ranking.

Swine flu is 2 hours away from me

It's in Osaka and Kobe right now, and it's a 2 hour train ride from where I live. 130 cases have already been reported, up from only 20 cases the day before and 3 cases the day before that.

Am I going to die now?

Hello World, Hello Kitty

I know there is another blogger who also goes by "Ninja Gaijin" at ninjagaijin.blogspot.com, and I apologize to him in advance. I honestly didn't know the nickname was taken so long ago, but then again there's no patents on stuff like that so hopefully he won't mind.

I also named myself "Ninja Gaijin" for a few reasons.

I live in Japan.
I look Japanese.
I cannot speak Japanese very well, so it's hard to make friends.
I feel like an outsider, not just in Japan... but socially in general.
I am a big video game nerd.

Thus, I used the name since July 2008. I even have it as my Street Fighter IV data card for the arcades here in Japan as 忍者外人.

The nickname was inspired by the classic Famicom/NES game called "Ninja Gaiden". It was revolutionary back in the day, having great graphics, excellent music and challenging gameplay. Of course, I played the Ninja Gaiden series on my old NES back in the day. It's a classic that will always have a place in my gamer heart.

That's the end of this post... and no, I don't have anything to say about Hello Kitty.

Blogger virgin

Yep, my new blog home.

Will post anything of interest here, but right now life's been difficult and stagnant.

<3 U