Hi everyone! This is Bryan here, (or just B,) in Karuizawa finally! It took me a while to get here from Kelowna, B.C. Canada, but at long last I have arrived here at Hoshinoko Pension Hotel with my beautiful wife Asuka (you've heard from her before) and my wonderfully patient in-laws!

I'm not sure what to write just yet, (been kind of busy getting settled in) so I think this time around I will just introduce myself to everyone.

As you can tell, my name is Bryan. I'm 29 year old and come from a small town in British Columbia Canada called Squamish. I love to play guitar, read books and watch movies. My biggest passion in life right now is hockey of course (Canadian, remember?)  I live and breath Vancouver Canucks hockey, sometimes so much it annoys my wife.

My goal with this blog is to help explain what it's like here in Karuizawa to people outside of Japan and draw as many people here as I possibly can! Asuka will still be posting here periodically but it will mostly be myself now taking care of this blog. (poor bloｇ!) Between Asuka, our cat Sora, and working for my in-laws I don't know for sure how often I can post but I hope to at least make one post a week. Maybe more if some extra interesting stuff happens.

 But for now I must rest.

Oyasuminasai!

B