OOooh, very nice update!!  I bet you're missing 
Mandarake as much as I am....  Strike that, I 
miss Nagoya in general... miss the food 
(Indoya!!!), miss just walking around... miss 
the Loft....  *sniffle*  Need to get my butt 
back there soon!!!!  It's so not fair, either---
Remember my friend Eric?  He's actually over in 
Gifu right now.  He emailed me a little while 
ago and said "Guess where I ate today?"  -_-  
He's SO evil!  Of course, I knew he meant 
Indoya...........  We ate there like every 
week...  I asked him if he could send me some of 
their vegie curry...but he's HORRIBLE about 
responding.  =P  Too busy with a new girlfriend, 
apparently.  hahaha  Do you have any plans of 
going back to Nagoya or Japan in general?