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- Exploring Kamakura
- March 27th, 2013Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Food & Dining, Travel
- Japan is an amazing place – if you would ask me, it is one of the most beautiful places in the world. So much to see here, that you have to spend probably all year only by traveling around, maybe even more. I recently went with one of my friends to visit Kamakura – a ... » Continue Reading
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- Sick Masks, Snow, and a Swollen Lip
- March 21st, 2013Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Outdoor/Sports, Play, Travel
- The air is cold. My alarm wakes me up forty minutes earlier than usual. The white mounds outside my apartment are growing with a vengeance, getting heavier each day, and stealthily encroaching upon my parking space. My shovels stand at attention by the front door, ready ... » Continue Reading
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- Saint Patrick’s Day in Japan
- March 20th, 2013Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Events, Play, Travel
- St. Patrick's Day is a holiday that is celebrated all over the globe by those who are Irish but also by many who are not. Many people do not know this but St. Patrick was not in fact Irish; he travelled through Ireland around 490AD, bringing Christianity with him and ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan Guide: From Shibuya to Harajuku
- March 20th, 2013Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Food & Dining, Play, Shopping, Travel
- Oh..I loooove Tokyo! There is so much to do in here. I went to Shibuya and Harajuku with my friends, just to walk around and enjoy our time. We started our day in Shibuya, and I like it here a lot, because this area is known as one of the fashion districts of Jap ... » Continue Reading
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- An Englishman in New York
- March 19th, 2013Category: Culture
- Being a minority in Japan is something every foreign resident here must come to terms with as we live our lives in this unique and charming country. For many of us, it may be the first time we have ever been in such a position, and there are certainly positives and nega ... » Continue Reading
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- 3 Old Japanese Sakura Stories
- March 15th, 2013Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Events, Play
- In Japan, the sakura will start blooming soon… but the snow that fell here a few days ago reminded me of several great Japanese stories about sakura miraculously blooming in winter. Photo by Muza-chan 1. Jiu-Roku-Zakura (The Sakura of the sixteenth day) In the Wa ... » Continue Reading
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- A Sacred Festival in Nara
- March 7th, 2013Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Events, Play, Travel
- Omizutori is a sacred Japanese Buddhist festival held annually in Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan. According to locals, the festival is the final rite in the observance of the two week-long Shuni-e ceremony, where people are believed to cleanse their sins and welcome the ... » Continue Reading
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- The Perfect Day in Tokyo
- March 6th, 2013Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Events, Food & Dining, Travel
- When I first moved to Tokyo, I was excited most about being able to explore the city slowly and thoroughly, taking in its craziness, its beauty, and its vast difference to my hometown in my own time. And boy did I have fun. There are so many things to do and see in T ... » Continue Reading
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- Media Without Borders?
- March 5th, 2013Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Play
- As many are already aware, October 2012 saw a new anti-piracy law taking effect in Japan. Prior to this law taking effect, penalties for piracy were limited only to those who illegally upload content, but now, it’s been extended to downloaders. Uploaders still face hars ... » Continue Reading
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- Gensho Art: Japan’s Only Kakishibu Hand-Drawn Dye Artist
- February 28th, 2013Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture
- Gensho Yamamoto is truly a gift to the world. Meeting and working with him has been life-changing to say the least. Not only is he an internationally renowned professional artist, he also represents life in every way one could imagine. I already knew 2013 would be m ... » Continue Reading
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