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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Things I Like About Japan #5: Koi
Koi, Naiku, Ise, Japan by kristi-san I love fish. When I was growing up, my father had both freshwater and saltwater aquariums. I used to enjoy reading books about different species of fish: where they were from, what they liked … Continue reading
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Turkey Day to all of you in the U.S.! Here in Japan, it’s business-as-usual. There is in fact a national holiday for Labor Thanksgiving Day here, which was on November 23, but it’s nothing like the eating/shopping extravaganza that … Continue reading
Troubling News from North Korea
Picture via the Associated Press and The New York Times As many of you know, North Korea fired a number of artillery shells at a South Korean island today. The reports are still coming in, but at least two South … Continue reading
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The Joys of Karaoke
Kamo-shi, Niigata-ken, Japan (2006) Japan and karaoke—what could be a more natural pairing? As I often tell the undergraduates that I work with, karaoke is a survival skill for a foreigner living in Japan. I don’t think they really believe … Continue reading
My Home Away From Home
I’ve been getting some requests lately from people who want to see where I’m living here in Japan, so I thought I’d share a few images of my cozy apartment. I’m living in a sort of mother-in-law apartment, a totally … Continue reading
Narita, Beyond the Airport
So, as many of you know from experience, Narita is the site of Japan’s main international airport. It’s also surprisingly far away from Tokyo. I remember coming into Narita for the first time in 2004 and being surprised at seeing … Continue reading
You know Christmas is a’coming when…
Colonel Sanders, Motoyawata Station, Chiba, Japan …the Colonel puts on his Santa suit. I’m actually not sure how long our local manifestation of the Colonel has been all gussied up, but I suspect it happened right after Halloween. Given that … Continue reading
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