One big lesson from moving overseas is to send the things you think you'll need the most first! Well, here is one thing which because I needed it all of the time in Australia, so I held on to it until the last minute. Then when I packed my suitcase I just couldn't fit it in. So I ended up putting it in a box and leaving it at my parents' house. Well when I got to Japan, it was late autumn, actually the weather felt like Perth does in the winter, so I didn't really miss my Fedora that much. However when April came along and on sunny days the UV is quiet harsh, then I began to miss my Fedora. So I emailed my parents and asked them to post it to me, plus they sent me a couple of pairs of slippers, because I'm two sizes too big for any slippers I can find in Japan. I can't believe that my feet are so big in Japan, in Australia I take UK size 9 or 10 depending on the brand of shoe or slipper. Those sizes are average sizes in Australia. I used to play basket ball in Australia and most of the other guys in the team wore size 12 shoes, some even wore size 14! Australian swimming legend Ian Thorpe wears size 17 shoes! The biggest size slippers I can find in Japan are equivalent to about size 7 (Japan size 26), occasionally I can find one or two shoes in my size in some specialist shoe stores here, but only expensive shoes and never slippers which you need to wear all the time here when working in schools.
Big THANKS again to Mum and Dad, for sending the items.