Several guys I work with have married their wives in their home countries but have come to Nippon to live indefinitely. They all give the same reason for leaving their jobs and starting a new adventure here in Nippon: their wives have aging parents and they want to help out with the family business or [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Good Japanese Daughters
Posted in Daily Life, Modern Culture, People, Traditional Culture, tagged family customs, good daughters, japan on July 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Earth Lover by Default
Posted in Daily Life, Modern Culture, People, Trivia, tagged carbon footprint, japan, recycling, save the earth on July 10, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The last time I checked, I was very green. By green, I mean earth-friendly; mostly because of the rules and stuff I have to follow because I live in Japan.
My carbon footprint, according to this calculator, is small. My trips home and occasional travels are the only factors that show a significant increase in my [...]
Tanabata: The Japanese Star Festival
Posted in Events, Festivals, Traditional Culture, Travel, Trivia, tagged hikoboshi, japan, orihime, star festival, tanabata, tenkou on July 6, 2008 | No Comments »
A few years back, I went on a trip to Sendai for the Tanabata Festival. At that time, I was only interested because of the colorful decorations that I heard were so famous. I badgered a Japanese friend to accompany me, and she was so nice she’d even explained everything I thought there was to [...]
A Comeback
Posted in People, tagged japan q&a on July 6, 2008 | 9 Comments »
What I’d planned originally as a short leave of absence from blogging turned into a blogging sabbatical. It feels like I haven’t blogged in years, but in reality it has only been nine weeks.
I’ve had to contend with new job responsibilities, mostly involving a new job site, a change of address and a relatively [...]
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Bleach Anime Research
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This website is designed to introduce you to my ongoing researches for my master thesis. I am a fifth year student in psychology and I am currently enquiring about the look that we, as the human beings, bring upon “Japanese animation”, a derived product of the “manga”.
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