I'll be back in about 3 months, hopefully for the rest of the foreseeable future. My girlfriend lives in Chibaken and we have sort of decided that we would be better off together in Japan.

Nice and best of luck. My buddy lived there for 2 years. He hated the small portions of food but loved the culture and everything about it.

Thanks. It was a lengthly considered decision, there are more universities for her to choose from here in the U.S., but there are definitely some "issues" living in the U.S. at this point in history.

OK. Back to our regular scheduled thread! I actually picked up one of these Jinjas, I should post a photo. It is a very cool piece. Very "electric" looking, the yellow and black is pretty "shocking." Bleh, bad puns!