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- Harvest 2012: Thoughts on Nature and Agriculture in Japan
- December 4th, 2012Category: Culture
- I had lunch with a friend of mine this afternoon and she mentioned how she would be completely fine living separate from her husband. She says he loves fishing so much that he wants to move the family closer to the ocean so he can go fishing everyday. She, would rather ... » Continue Reading
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- International Seminar organized by ISFnet
- December 3rd, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- Come join us for an International Seminar organized by ISFnet Inc being held on December 15th, 2012. The event is aimed at international students studying in Japan and Graduates with bi or multilingual language skills. Learn more about the ISFnet’s philosophy and me ... » Continue Reading
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- A Gaijin’s Guide to Traveling Solo
- November 30th, 2012Category: Play
- Fresh from an amazing weekend in Kyoto, I have just realized that it was my first time travelling solo in Japan. And I’m still alive! Here’s my gaijin guide for traveling alone: DO stare bewilderedly at maps and your guidebook and generally stick out like a forei ... » Continue Reading
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- Do You Need Some Love?
- November 30th, 2012Category: Play
- Now, there are a few things I can say with one hundred percent certainty. One, I am not a man (and personally, in this day and age, I’m happy not to be). Two, I am not an American, though I am often mistaken for one. And three, while I am living in Japan, I can’t say I’ ... » Continue Reading
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- Nagoya, Japan – Where to Go and What to Eat
- November 29th, 2012Category: Play
- Nagoya is famous for a variety of delicious foods, but also for its history! Nagoya is where Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were born. You can learn a little more about Nagoya's history inside the Nagoya Castlemuseum. This is not the original castle. The ori ... » Continue Reading
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- Travel by Tweet: How to Throw Away Your Guidebook in Japan
- November 29th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- 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: Uncategorized
- 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: 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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- My Japan Is Not Your Japan
- November 27th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- 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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- An Attempt at Black and White
- November 27th, 2012Category: 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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- This is how the revolution will happen in Japan — it will happen with, “Good morning!”
- November 23rd, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- 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: Play
- “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