Fall is a beautiful time in Japan. If you have a chance, try and get away to to the mountains somewhere -- Nikko, Chichibu . . . it is absolutely beautiful.

I have a question, which I don't recall being covered previously.

After renewing my work visa last year, I didn't realize (until it was pointed out to me recently) that I was supposed to have gone into my local ward office to have the information on my alien registration card updated as well.