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Thank You For Riding 29 Jun 2012 | 11:03 pm
I had to go to the Immigration Office for a permit a few weeks ago, which means taking a bus, which I don’t often do. I’m not a fan of buses in general (they’re bumpy, they stop and start a lot, and ...
After the Rain 2 Mar 2012 | 02:11 pm
I love the day after rain in Japan. On the day after rain, umbrellas are hung outside of apartments and houses to dry in the sun. Better yet, the Japanese version of the ubiquitous New York black um...
Language and Conformity 17 Sep 2011 | 01:46 pm
In America we have a sort of image of the Japanese as heavy subscribers to conformity and, in some ways, they are, most visibly in the business realm as can be seen at rush hour on the train when hund...
New Morals 11 Jul 2011 | 03:07 am
About two or three weeks ago it broke that, in fact, the situation up in the Fukushima plants had been far more dangerous than was originally made known to the public. NHK reported that these plants ...
It’s an Inside Day 28 May 2011 | 11:51 pm
Just a little post on something I learned about Japan, since it’s raining today and I couldn’t go outside much: A few days ago I was hiking in the woods in a particularly buggy area when a bee flew p...
English Lessons and Therapy 6 May 2011 | 04:01 am
This week was Golden Week, which is a week of holidays here in Japan mainly designed for the purpose of forcing the Japanese people into taking a holiday. Each day has a traditional meaning (Children’...
Something A Little Different 19 Apr 2011 | 08:38 pm
I haven’t really posted on the updating nuclear situation, because though it seems more dire in the news now, what with the upgraded alerts and the higher levels of radiation, there are fewer reactors...
How Could You Leave This? 10 Apr 2011 | 01:13 am
Today, during my lessons, I was practicing conditionals with an older fellow who has hitherto been one of my favorite students. He’s bright and laughs easily and his English is both good and clever. ...
Sea Water and Sugar Stories 5 Apr 2011 | 05:04 am
こんばんは！ (That’s konbanwa, which means goodnight in a hello sort of sense.) (…That is…if you have Asian languages enabled.) I thought it might be a good idea to make at least a passing reference to w...
Only Pictures 1 Apr 2011 | 10:40 pm
Nothing in particular of note that’s happening today, just more of the same – more radiation has likely leaked, a few more people are panicking, I remain relatively not in danger. Up north, people are...
