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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
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- GPodding with Anthony: Modeling in Japan
- December 9th, 2013
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- Food Trip Around Lake Kawaguchi
- November 20th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Food & Dining, Play, Travel
- Aside from a great view of Mount Fuji, there are plenty of other things to see and do in Yamanashi. Walking around Lake Kawaguchi is a nice experience. I really did enjoy the views of Lake Kawaguchi and the mountains. I'm sure if you are lucky enough to see Mt. Fuji i ... » Continue Reading
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- Design Fiesta 2012 Part 1
- November 19th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Events, Play, Shopping
- Design Festa is held twice a year, in May and November. It is the biggest artshow in Japan and is extraordinary. Anyone can buy a booth or a large canvas and get stuck in. Everyone lets loose and the reception is awesome. It is held at Big Sight over two floors ... » Continue Reading
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- Always adorable, sometimes odd: Japanese Preschool
- November 16th, 2012Category: Culture, Travel
- Six years ago I was a Canadian university student in Tokyo for the summer with a then girlfriend and needed work. My friend's father set up a job at a neighbour hood preschool for me within days. I was weary, expecting to be the warden I rebelled against so strong ... » Continue Reading
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- Two Japanese Life Skills You Must Master
- November 16th, 2012Category: Culture
- If you want to be a success in Japan, there are only two things you really need to nail. The unfortunate small problem is, they’re opposites. But perhaps a colorful story will help to illustrate. So I was in a “standing bar” a couple of weeks ago, which is like ... » Continue Reading
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- A Piece of Thailand in Japan
- November 15th, 2012Category: Food & Dining, Play
- Sato and I LOVE this Thai restaurant. We came across it because at my first job I was a preschool teacher. One of my student's family is Thai and has this Thai restaurant. They invited me to their restaurant and so Sato and I went and the food was soooooo good!! When ... » Continue Reading
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- How to Bow Like a Japanese
- November 14th, 2012Category: Culture
- What could be more typically Japanese than bowing? Every other book about Japan has something to say on the subject, so it must be important, right? Certainly a lot of foreigners come to Japan and start bowing like crazy, so maybe they all read the same book. I ... » Continue Reading
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- When Kawaii (Cute) Becomes Kowai (Scary) : Cuteness Overload in Japan
- November 14th, 2012Category: Culture
- One impossible thing to ignore in Japanese society is the obsession of everything cute. Walk into a Japanese female’s apartment and prepare to be bombarded by a cuteness explosion. The stuffed animals, pink bunny clock, and fuzzy slippers are what you might expe ... » Continue Reading
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- O.G.A. For Aid in Minamisanriku
- November 13th, 2012Category: Events
- At the end of September, I took one of my many trips to Minamisanriku Cho, a town 324 kilometers south of my home in Aomori city. With my fully loaded DS400 Yamaha cruiser I left Aomori City at 21:00 and arrived at the O.G.A. FOR AID Bunkhouse at 1:30AM. As usua ... » Continue Reading
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- Donut Shop in Omotesando
- November 13th, 2012Category: Food & Dining, Play
- Coffee starts my day right. But it would be really nice if I can pair it with bread or donuts. This pair is the perfect start to a long week of work and I'm sure that anything good, delicious, bright and colorful would make mornings perfect...things that this shop o ... » Continue Reading
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- Pirate Ships From Hakone
- November 12th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Photography, Travel
- As a child, I was fascinated by adventure books with explorers and pirates and I was dreaming of sailing away… I know, it’s unusual for a girl, but I even learned some sailing and navigation terms. So, when I visited Hakone, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to enjoy the ... » Continue Reading
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- What Do You Think of Japan?
- November 9th, 2012Category: Teaching in Japan
- It’s interview season in Japan. The weather is getting warmer, the ume buds are starting to appear, and maybe you could even see a bird. Yeah, like maybe in a zoo. But anyway, about this time every year I pick my two-sizes-too-small Japanese suit up from the floo ... » Continue Reading
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- Why Japanese People Are Comfortable With Nakedness
- November 9th, 2012Category: Culture, Play
- Japanese are often described as polite, hard-working, yet passive or shy. But one area Japanese people are not hazukashii is when it comes to nudity. Feudal peasants wore nothing more than a loin cloth—and it seems not much has changed when we look at the sumo wrestle ... » Continue Reading