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changing my name in Japan

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2010.01.22

As I've recently mentioned, I feel the time has come to change the katakana spelling of my last name.

Today I went to the ward office and in a surprisingly brief session managed to get the katakana spelling of my name changed on my alien registration card. Doing so invalidates my officially-recognized name-stamp, so I have to get a new one made. Once the new one's made, I'll have to bring it back to the ward office to have them notarize it.

So a journey of what I suspect will be a thousand miles had begun with this single step.

rand()m quote

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

—Siddhārtha Gautama (The Buddha)