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Category Archives: Japan

  1. Tips for Westerners New to Japan or Why Men Must Sit Down to Pee. March 19, 2012

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  2. Emergency kit for people living in Japan March 8, 2012

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  3. House designed to last 100 years. February 8, 2012

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  4. Tea-flavoured marshmallows February 8, 2012

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  5. Students create fabric from cigarette butts November 6, 2011

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  6. The Skilled Veteran Corps, a team of pensioners ready to save Japan from radiation June 8, 2011

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  7. Hanami at Akizuki April 11, 2011

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  8. It’s Cherry Blossom (Hanami) season in Japan April 3, 2011

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  9. Nuclear plant issues in Japan are the least of their worries March 12, 2011

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  10. Today’s quake in Japan, showing intensity on the Japanese scale. First time ever I’ve seen the whole country affected & a severity of 7 (the highest). March 11, 2011

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  11. Earthquake! March 11, 2011

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  12. Another Japanese WTF car, this one a Mitsuoka I never knew existed. October 9, 2010

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  13. WTF: Tropicana with fruit sweets Orange with Rare Cheese Flavour drink. I wasn’t game to try it. #living-in-japan August 26, 2010

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  14. Stayed last night in Huis Ten Bosch (Dutch theme park) in this nice apartment. August 14, 2010

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  15. Stayed last night in Huis Ten Bosch (Dutch theme park) in this nice apartment. August 14, 2010

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  16. Today’s WTF: 20″ wheels on a Sylvia/180ZX? The green colour is interesting too. August 7, 2010

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  17. AU$1.65 or US$1.50 for a single passion fruit. #living-in-japan August 2, 2010

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  18. Potato chip eaters are given helping hand with new utensil August 1, 2010

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  19. Found in a second-hand store: A full-on tattoo kit! #living-in-japan July 29, 2010

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  20. Life in Japan: $5 for a couple of peaches! Nicely wrapped though. (Corrected from yesterday.) July 28, 2010

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  21. Lunch in a Japanese primary/elementary school: Kids bring their own utensils and “placemat” only. June 30, 2010

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  22. Lunch in a Japanese primary/elementary school: The 6th graders are serving lunch in the classroom June 30, 2010

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  23. Clever: electronic price tags. #japan June 12, 2010

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  24. Useful idea in the shopping mall: a trolley locker in front of the toilets. June 12, 2010

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  25. I swear, these are shoe horns! June 12, 2010

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