How a Trip to the Pool is a Microcosm of Life in Japan for a Gaijin
by Gregory D. Durgin, 1 May 2001
When I arrived in Japan, one of the first things I wanted to find was a good pool for swimming laps. Swimming laps is one of the only forms of exercise I get as an engineer, so I enjoy any opportunity to blow off some steam (and some pounds) in a pool. It helps to fight off the biyo biyo, which roughly translates into English as jiggling belly lard. [Read more…]