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- 7 Ways to Smile Your Way Through the Tokyo Marathon (or any run)
- February 19th, 2014
- My secret to surviving the Tokyo marathon last year was not finding the perfect pair of shoes, fuel, or training plan. All of these were important, as were proper hyd ...
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- Harajuku Thrift: Not Your Grandma’s Vintage… oh wait.
- September 27th, 2013
- If you’re coming to Tokyo, you’re going to shop. It’s part of the Tokyo experience. I recently stepped out to film a Tokyo Minute segment on vintage shopping in Haraj ...
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- GPodding with Anthony: Modeling in Japan
- December 9th, 2013
- Download the Podcast | Follow on SoundCloud | Subscribe on iTunes This week’s GaijinPot podcast is a nice wrap up on the Modeling in Japan series. The articles go in ...
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- Travel by Tweet: How to Throw Away Your Guidebook in Japan
- November 29th, 2012Category: Travel
- I was in Shizuoka City looking to find a nice little bar I’d read about for a celebratory pint (I’d just got a new job), when once again I was reminded how little people know their own cities and towns. Everyone I asked had little idea about where I was talking a ... » Continue Reading
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- Fred Wesley from the James Brown Band Coming to Town!! Nov 30, 2012 @ XEX Nihonbashi
- November 28th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Do you remember FredWesley from the James Brown's Band, back in the days when Soul Train was hot...? Well, will you flip if I told you that the legend himself will make his appearance here in Tokyo only 1 week from now? On November 30th Friday, a creative ... » Continue Reading
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- All-You-Can-Eat (and drink) Buffet
- November 28th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Food & Dining, Play
- There is not a person alive who doesn't enjoy and all-you-can-eat (and drink) buffet. Lucky for those of us living in Japan, this country offers the vastest array of all-you-can-eat (and drink) restaurants in the entire world. Seriously, almost every culinary establi ... » Continue Reading
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- An Attempt at Black and White
- November 27th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Photography, Play
- Without the distractions of colour, the genre of black and white photography has a refined and sophisticated quality. It’s classic, romantic and timeless. Attention focuses the attention on shape, form, shading, pattern, and other graphic concepts, to give them an unus ... » Continue Reading
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- My Japan Is Not Your Japan
- November 27th, 2012Category: Culture
- What is Japan? It really depends who you ask and when. Ask me what Japan is five years ago before I have experienced parts of it and I would tell you something generic and cheesy like “It is a land of mystery and beauty.” After living in Japan awhile, I developed a ... » Continue Reading
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- This is how the revolution will happen in Japan — it will happen with, “Good morning!”
- November 23rd, 2012Category: Culture
- If you have lived in Japan for some time now, and never had a conversation with a complete stranger at the park, then you are missing out. After recently quitting my high stress job and moving to Tokyo, I spent my mornings near Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, wondering how ... » Continue Reading
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- Rescued by Monks: My First Experience with Zen Meditation
- November 23rd, 2012Category: Culture, Play, Travel
- “Hello,” said the burly Japanese man standing in front of me. “Are you interested in Zen meditation?” It was one of my first weeks teaching at an elementary school out in the countryside in Yashima, a small town in Akita prefecture. I was in a field near the school, ... » Continue Reading
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- Design Fiesta 2012 Part 2
- November 22nd, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Events, Shopping
- Design Festa is held twice a year, in May and November. It is the biggest artshow in Japan and is extraordinary. As promised, here are the rest of the photos from the Design Fiesta 2012 held at the Tokyo Big Sight. See the first batch of the photos here. OBJECTS ... » Continue Reading
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- Around the Bases
- November 22nd, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Play, Travel
- If you haven't been in Japan long, you'll soon realize that the United States military has set up shop throughout the country. About 38,000 service members and their families live and work on no fewer than 85 military facilities on Honshu, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Despit ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese Ryokan
- November 21st, 2012Category: Culture, Food & Dining, Play, Travel
- Photo by Katie McGregor Hostessing is an art, and it is an art that the Japanese have refined over many generations. If you are visiting Japan I highly recommend staying at a Ryokan. A Ryokan is a Japanese style inn. Ryokan are a way to rest and relax while exper ... » Continue Reading
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- Driving in Japan: Does Cuteness Save Lives?
- November 21st, 2012Category: Culture, Play
- I had front row seats to the show. A whole two hours of what I assumed would be a thoroughly gruelingly attempt at straining my ears to follow a single word the instructor said and praying to any deity that’d have me for a follower that I wouldn’t be asked to speak in a ... » Continue Reading
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- The Leaves, They Are A-Changin’ – Magome-Tsumago Trail: A Day Trip from Nagoya
- November 20th, 2012Category: Outdoor/Sports, Photography, Travel
- When the city smog gets a bit much, this is a scenic and easy hiking trail to do – perfect for seeing the autumn leaves at their best. If Japan was mentioned before I had any notion that I was coming here, I immediately thought of city life. Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka – cha ... » Continue Reading
