~Zocko

More like Ministry of Inefficiency. So I finally breach the defences of automated answering machines and convince at least three authorative figures to send the Immigrations Bureau in Nagoya a fax stating that Canadians may land in America under the status of deportee... But when I arrive they chuckle and tell me with a smile that landing in America is no longer an issue because they simply cannot by any means process my paperwork before the 18th departure date.

Furthermore, the officers said the earliest I could depart is the 23rd of next week because it was impossible to process my papers immediately for unknown reasons. Today (Friday) was also impossible. (Have they sent someone to a forest to chop down a tree and literally process a parchment from its wood? What takes them so long?)

Additonally inconvieniantly, the bureau is neither open on Saturdays nor Sundays despite providing extremely important services to foreigners, while other people work weekends at unnecessary establishments such as McDonalds. Worse yet, these lazy Immigrations people wont bother processing my papers on Monday because its Sea Day, a national holiday in Japan.

Well I can only hope they spend this time wisely, go visit their precious sea and get devoured by a pod of angry dolphins who are fed up with being served as sushi.