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Trains, Planes, Automobiles

Applying for entry visas hasn't recently been a problem (not since an, ahem, unscheduled exit from Vietnam a few years back), but during a busy work week a trip to an embassy can eat into the hours. It doesn't help that a certain residential home that used to function as an embassy has now been converted back into a home. (The Ugandan Embassy in Tokyo has now moved to Daikanyama).

On an unrelated topic - wrote to an embassy of a certain Middle Eastern country inquiring whether permits were required to conduct what would essentially amount to guerilla street research. They asked my partner to make the application on my behalf. Mental note to self - add gender to email signature.

Off to another field study tomorrow - new experiences and new challenges lie ahead.

Writing from Tokyo | June 19, 2006 | Permalink