I was in Japan for the past week and a half. I spent the entire time either at my wife's house, outside my wife's house, driving to and from my wife's house, and once, doing something completely disassociated with my wife's house. Here are the top stories that got left on the cutting room floor of the Takahata Times.
Foreigner visits wife's family's house, feels comfortable
Takahata, Japan: In a surprise development last week, foreigner Buraian Guriin-san visited his family's house in Takahata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan and felt comfortable throughout his entire visit. Oddsmakers the family over were predicting that the stay would be a tough one for Buraian-san, who rarely speaks Japanese anymore and doesn't usually get drunk on Nihonshu (日本酒 - Japanese sake) every night with dinner. However, he managed to feel pretty comfortable the entire time. "Yeah, it gets tough being asked to eat anything and everything all the time, and I certainly didn't understand much of what Rika's parents said, but you know, I just grunted a lot and made my 'Oh really' face and it all worked out," said Buraian-san. Rika added, "I am so impressed."
[Rika's house in Takahata -- far removed from internet, cable TV, and the rest of the 21st century]
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