tobukog , cool story, thanks for sharing! Yeah I didn't arrive at Hellyer until the spring of 2011, just after the big tsunami/earthquake/nuclear disaster, THAT was an interesting time...
Definitely if you are back in Japan drop me a line. I do the JCF and JBCF stuff and whatever I can find. And they have masters category stuff here now, that might be new to you. It didn't exist that I'm aware of before I left here the first time.
Cheers!