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Taro Aso is the man with the gauge
…and a gauge is what you would need to shake up Japanese politics. The Japanese are justifiably apathetic about their leaders… Take a 12 gauge to the world stage, that’s…
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Don’t forget the J-Pop segment…
more music charts LOLZR!!
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Mahoroba is Japanese Arcadia
Max was overtired and sleep-deprived today, so he just threw a big fit on and off for a couple hours. It was impossible to get any work done, but I…
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Murasaki Inu
A lifetime ago (13 or 14 years ago to be a bit more exact) I sat in a stuffy classroom in Tenri, Japan, and started penning my first essay in…
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Ekusupato vs. Ekisupato
Is there anything more annoying than the jet set expert on (pick any foreign country)? I just read a guide to eating sushi by a self-proclaimed successful author who visited…
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Anticlimactic story of the year
5/27: Japanese customs dish out free dope 5/28: Japanese customs reunited with lost dope ///////////////////////////////////////////////// I was just thinking: 1,000,000 Yen / 142 grams = 7,042 Yen / gram Bob…
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Thai ATM Horror Story
So today turned out to be a big bummer because of the stupid Thai banking system. In short, I tried to withdraw 20,000 Baht from my Japanese bank with an…
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soul enka
His name is Jero. His blog is here (both links JP lang. only). (thx T) ////////////////////// I still prefer this one, tho:
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git up a git git down 911 119 191 is a joke in yo town
It made so much sense when I found out in Japan that the number for the popo fire department was 119, because like so many other aspects of Japanese culture,…
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origami tetrapods
This origami tutorial kind of made me miss my island home on Awaji, with miles and miles of tetrapod coastline. The more times you see tetrapods, the more they start…
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Donarudo: “Who says there ain’t no good dope in Japan?”
While I’m on this Japan stint: Turn down your sound and watch this video (it’s a must-see), then optionally poke your own eyes out/pierce your ear drums.
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Dumpling diplomacy: Green lantern fix?
There’s obviously a problem when someone decides to add pesticides to Japan’s foreign-produced frozen food supply, but is the best answer for Japan truly another “buy local” scheme? I can…
