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A 20-year resident's perspective.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

"Vegetarian" Fresh Juice Bar in New Shinbashi Bldg 1F

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The "Vegetarian" Fresh Juice Bar located in the New Shinbashi building 1st floor, has been in business for 40 years. They have var...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

Salary-man Senryu "Sara-sen" Winners 2012

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Dai-ichi Life Insurance  announced their latest  Sarariiman Senryuu  (Salaried Worker Senryuu, サラリーマン川柳)  competition winners . I'm late...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Japan Cyclists: Aten-hut!

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Recently Japan law regarding bicycles has been strengthened, and it is a popular topic on TV " wide shows " (variety shows) as I w...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

"Memoirs of a Geisha" Film

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Hulu is finally available in Japan, for more money and with less content than in the US, but it is nice to be able to see even a limited amo...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Japan Girl Talk - The Secret Code 2011

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The creatures called "gyaru" (teenage girls who hang out in the youth spots in Tokyo) have their own slang language that morphs ra...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

Panku Bubu Wins M1 Grandprix 2009

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Manzai duo " Panku Bubu " won the M1 Grandprix this year, in a unanimous decision over Waraimeshi and Non Style. I was rooting fo...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

39 Goroawase! - Japanese Word Play

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One fun and unique feature of Japanese language is the ease with which you can create easy-to-remember phrases from numbers. I assembled a l...
Monday, September 21, 2009

Yanagihara Kanako Senryu Haiku

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Kanako Yanagihara is so popular these days, that shop assistants are starting to impersonate her right back! I heard a shop full of assist...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Satirical Shibamata Senryuu

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The elections are again upon us here in Japan, and the satirists are hard at work writing Senryuu (川柳) poems about the subject. Senryuu are ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Japan Rail is More Gaijin

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I noticed something interesting. The JR East Japan announcements about the next station are done in a female voice, and she used to say the ...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Japan Marine Day "Umi no Hi"'s Roots

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The third Monday in July is "Marine Day" here in Japan, called " Umi no Hi " (海の日) in Japanese. It was established in 19...
Monday, July 13, 2009

Kenkoshindan Health Check

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My wife and I did our yearly "kenkoshindan" health check via our insurance provider the other day. If you are on the national insu...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Japan and Its People are Unique

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At least that is what they tell me! I like Japan and have had some interesting, enjoyable and indeed unique experiences here, otherwise I w...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

"Gyaru-go" Girl Japanese

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Mezamashi TV had a segment on the lastest gyaru language. If you're not familiar, gyaru are the sort of schoolgirls who hang out in Sh...
Monday, June 22, 2009

"One Coin" Services All the Rage in Japan

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Japan morning TV reported that "One Coin" (ワンコイン) services are all the rage these days in Japan, due to the down economy. What thi...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Tokyo Metro "Do It At Home" Manners Posters

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Artist Bunpei Yorifuji (寄藤文平) is creating a series of manner posters for the Tokyo metro, around the theme of " Do It At Home "....

Ray-Out's iPhone "Jacket" Case Review, DIY Fix for D-Ring Problem

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I purchased Ray-Out 's reasonably-priced leather " Jacket " case, model RT-P1LC4/B , perhaps three months ago from Yodobashi C...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Drop - Enough to Scare the Crap Out of You

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" Drop " is a horror story novella written by Koji Suzuki , the writer of best-selling horror stories such as "Ring" and...
Saturday, June 6, 2009

Street Jazz from Kano, Saito, Kawamoto

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I've seen this good, energetic " Street Jazz " trio at JR Shinjuku before, but today I waited for a good moment and got some m...
Thursday, June 4, 2009

Family Reunion Sad

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Every year, we have a family reunion during the New Year holiday " oshogatsu ". The photo in this post is of the 2009 edition. ...
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