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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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- Culture Shock: Where is Japan’s Culture and is it Disappearing?
- August 3rd, 2012Category: Culture
- I was not sure what to expect when I entered the office of anime, models, dolls, tanks, and starships that belonged to Professor Darren Ashmore of Akita International University. But as I was to find out: never a judge a book by its cover. With his nearly two decades ... » Continue Reading
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- How to Make Power Stone Earrings
- August 3rd, 2012Category: Culture, Shopping
- SUMMER IS HERE!! It gets so hot here because of the high-humidity and all, but for the ladies out there, I want to note that wearing accessories kinda help us look all fresh and kool even during hot summer days.. and here is a little tip on how to make a pair of earrin ... » Continue Reading
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- Facts and Myths About Japanese Swords
- August 2nd, 2012Category: Culture
- A legendary weapon indeed, samurai swords have been part of Japanese history and have been a great influence on the arts, entertainment and literature. Nowadays, when we think of samurai, we imagine invincible warriors wielding sharp swords, slicing through ninjas, ca ... » Continue Reading
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- Finding Imported Food in Japan: The Nightmare is Over
- August 1st, 2012Category: Food & Dining
- Several nights a week I enjoy a hot bowl of miso soup along with a wide variety of Japanese food. And while I love my Japanese food as much as the next gaikokujin I inevitably end up craving, no, desperately craving, food and other products from home. Years ago my Su ... » Continue Reading
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- Matcha Green Tea
- August 1st, 2012Category: Food & Dining
- Matcha is a type of Japanese green tea, which is produced by steaming young green tea leaves, which are then ground into a fine powder. Matcha is very healthy because the whole leaf is consumed. This method delivers a huge dose of polyphenol catechin compounds ... » Continue Reading
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- Disney vs. Ghibli, A Cartoon Studio Comparison
- August 1st, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Play
- Disney vs Ghibli Way back in 1928, audiences were enthralled as the black-and-white, animated short, Steamboat Willie, made its theatrical debut. The rest as they say is Disney history. Perhaps you may know of the main character in that first film. He goes by the ... » Continue Reading
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- My First Onsen Experience
- July 31st, 2012Category: Culture
- After working for months to clean out my husband’s apartment, it was now time to graduate from our respective universities and make the move to Japan. It was a gruelling task but time was going so quickly that we were soon looking at our last day in Oregon. I ha ... » Continue Reading
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- Momotaro Story
- July 31st, 2012Category: Culture
- Momotaro statue in Okayama On a recent road trip to Okayama, my Japanese friend decided to kill time by telling me the legendary story of Momotaro. Having never heard this famous Okayama-born story before, I was naturally intrigued. My friend jumped at my curiosity ... » Continue Reading
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- Return to Retro
- July 30th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Shopping
- Today, video games are all about 3D and very advanced graphics. However, some people still have the nostalgia of the good old days, when video games are in bulky cartridges. If you're a gamer, a hardcore collector of game consoles or anything video games-related, and li ... » Continue Reading
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- Summer in Japan: A Survival Guide
- July 30th, 2012Category: Culture
- Photo by Cozy66 via Flickr Once again, summer has arrived so quickly and unannounced, and it's here to stay until well, the end of October. Summer in Japan is unlike summer in any other places in the world. It's hot, it's humid, it's stifling, it's suffocating, an ... » Continue Reading
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- Himono Onna – Dried Fish Woman
- July 27th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture
- I'm pretty sure that most of you know what a dried fish is, right? I also think you've heard of "women?" But what on earth is a "dried fish woman?" Japanese society can be tough. There’s this infamous saying: "The nail that sticks out gets hammered." Unfortu ... » Continue Reading
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- Popular Japanese Treat, Kakigori
- July 27th, 2012Category: Food & Dining
- Kakigori Green Tea flavor For me, the best way to cool off during a hot summer day in Japan is kakigōri 「かき氷」, a Japanese dessert made of shaved ice flavored with various syrups. If the ice cream does cool you off for a few minutes, a serving of kakigōri will hel ... » Continue Reading