Soon after I moved to the first flat in Montreal, I bought a bottle of wine for cooking and drinking, but I forgot to buy an opener.

The city of Montreal is infamous for constructions; the photo shows a temporary closed entrance.

I stayed for a year in a flat close to McGill University, where I was studying.

A locker key shows the number 007. I took this number “nana” in Japanese because I was in Aomori to watch Nana Mizuki’s concert.

In these holes, tree trunks are excavated from Jomon period in Sannai-Maruyama site.

Otome Station is a small station in Komoro, Nagano, pictured in an anime series “Ano natsu de matteru”.

Canadian Embassy in Tokyo organized a send off party for new McGill University students.

I visited Ushiku Numa (lake) by bike from my hometown, Tsukuba, which took perhaps half an hour to an hour.

From April to August, 2012, I had a gap time before starting the study in Montreal, Canada.

The sign explains that a part of the sidewalk is a “robot zone” where can be used for testing robots.