I used to live in Higashi-Ikebukuro about 20 years ago and from time to time I get second-home sick. After my grandfather died I had to move back home to help take care of my grandmother. In the next few months I will be opening a new eBay business sell aftermarket guitar parts for people who want to customize their guitars and basses. While I never took my Kanji Kentei, I know about 300 kanji, but my Japanese isn't good enough to have full conversations anymore. My two dogs, Jimi and Molly are the center of my life. Jimi is an Australian Sheppard and Molly is a Some-Kind-of-Terrier. She looks like the Cat in the Hat. I play the guitar, mostly Blues, although I am just good enough to be bad at it. I study Kung Fu for health and well-being, no competitions or anything like that.