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Matthew McCodeaway@東京🗼🇯🇵
@shafton82.bsky.social
"Give me your code, and I’ll make it disappear."

Father, husband and IT engineer, 🇮🇳🇫🇷👨‍👩‍👦🇯🇵.
Moved back in Tokyo (2024-).
JLPT N3 and now back to coding for the sake of testing.

プロママさんバレー選手🏐
Film Lover 🎬
Ex-comic blog artist 🎨: http://shafton-blog.com
Previously in our home: "Galette des rois 👑" from Le Bihan (ikebukuro station, Tokyo)
January 17, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Japan life achievement unlocked: I returned a lost wallet to the koban 🇯🇵🚨
January 4, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Reposted by Matthew McCodeaway@東京🗼🇯🇵
Rt my wiring to scare a sysadmin
January 2, 2026 at 6:11 AM
In a few days it will be two years since we moved to Japan. It's with a bit of emotion that I look back at when we went through to get there.
The main turning point was finding a job after months of stressful search in an international startup.
I'm crossing fingers to keep things like this
January 2, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Narita
December 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
For Christmas, I finally bought my son a Nintendo Switch 2.
It’s a common gift, but it marks a promise I made to myself when moving to Japan: either as a small victory, or as a goodbye present if things didn’t work out.
It took time but we made it 🇯🇵.
December 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
河豚+鍋
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Autumn colors, Akatsuka botanical garden 🍂
November 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Tomorrow I'll wake up early to cheer for my ママさんバレー team.
I call that advanced-level integration, and it should instantly unlock permanent residency.
November 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Almost two years have passed since we moved to Japan. It's been almost a year since I broke ties with my social network. But now I feel I can come back.
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Petite question pour les français, je dois déclarer mes impôts sur l'année 2024 qui est l'année où j'ai quitté la France pour le Japon. Est-il nécessaire d'ajouter une note d'observation pour l'administration? De ce que j'ai compris je dois déclarer ce j'ai perçu entre le 1er janv et mon départ.
April 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Not really sure about that wording....
April 4, 2025 at 6:12 AM
So many times people ask me for help in organizing their trip to Japan, but they don't realize that I don't have any pro tip that will magically make them travel the way they want to.
February 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
My level of japaneseness is not enough, I still hop on the wrong train that goes beyond my station. 🥲
February 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Reposted by Matthew McCodeaway@東京🗼🇯🇵
PLEASE SHARE 🧪‼️

Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration…

The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...
February 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's 50% off so やるしかない mode is ON. Which one do you think I will get ?
February 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Reposted by Matthew McCodeaway@東京🗼🇯🇵
La population vieillissante du #Japon force les autorités à placer parmis les cartes prépayées ces cartes jaunes afin de lutter contre les scams qui les visent
"Si votre ordinateur a un virus, amenez cette carte à la caisse"
January 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
お台場
January 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
あけましておめでとうございます!
昨年は引っ越しがあったので、あまりメッセージを送りませんでした。
でも、2024年の年末にはいろいろいいことがあったので、2025年はもっといい年にしましょう!
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January 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Happy New Year !
I've been a bit absent from BlueSky this year, as moving to Tokyo and starting a new life here has been quite challenging, but thank God I'm on better footing now, so I'll be checking in here from time to time.
Let's make 2025 a better year for ourselves and everyone around us.
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January 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
November 19, 2024 at 11:31 PM
🏗️🏠?
August 21, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Kamakura #鎌倉
August 17, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Good luck to those commuting during this heatwave 🔥🗼
#東京日常
July 7, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Believe it or not, during my N3 exam today, one guy managed to get a red card at the end of the listening session. At that point the exam was over and the test papers were returned, but he took out his mobile phone even though he was warned not to.
#n3 #jlpt #東京日常
July 7, 2024 at 11:20 AM