Tomorrow's my birthday. I'll be turning 23. What happened to 22? There are dog years and cat years. What about Japan years? In a year of time, a dog ages 7 times faster than humans. The past Japan year has been one where I think I've aged faster than had I been in America. As my sister said with a frown after visiting me during the summer, "Hide's turned into an adult." But at the same time, I hardly remember being 22. It felt so incredibly short.