h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

... a town called Kakizaki??

No, I'm serious, really!! It's where I'm going to be living for the next year, and I know nothing about it It's in Japan by the way.

-- violagirl

No but it sounds...............very nice?

Hold on, Kakizaki might be Japanese for stevenage!

Don't go Violagirl.

PP

once it's not Japanese for "the back end of nowhere" (or Bally-go-backwards as we refer to it here) I won't mind that much I just found out they have snow. So that's good (I think).

very confused about the whole thing really

violagirl

Sorry - it's not in my Times Atlas therefore doesn't exist - unfortuately it looks like you're being sent to No-where!!

That's kinda cool in a way. Where do you live? Oh it's a little place called No-where!

oh dear, think I'm going a little mad. Will have to find a quiet corner to babble to myself in. Exams just aren't good for you!

Kakizaki is located on the north shore to the Japan Sea in the Niigata pref. of the Chubu (central) area.
Try web search engines

thanks - have done that. One problem (isn't there always one!) EVERYTHING I can find about the place is in Japanese and as I don't speak a word of it, that's causing one or two problems!! But the search will continue