Fuss Fuss Fuss

Today, I went to use my Alien Registration Card as ID for something, and realised that it still has my address as the old one before the merger. So I asked the school secretary what I should do. After a quick phonecall, she told me that I just needed to go to the Azuma branch of City Hall (aka the old Village Office) and they would fix it for me.

So I went down there, expecting to hand over my old card in exchange for a new one. M-san, who used to work with me at the BOE uptil this month, is now the head of the Life Section of the office (that doesn't translate well, does it) so I gave her my card. She passed it onto another lady while we chatted.

After a few minutes I looked over to see how things were progressing, only to see three ladies fussing over my card. After about 5 minutes of fussing, they came over and presented me with my old card, with my new address written in felt pen on the back. So what was all the fuss over? Trying to get the hanko (official stamp) to print clearly on the back.

Ah well, at least I know where I live again now :-)