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On Getting Drunk with your Boss in Japan
If you live in Japan, you don’t drink at work. You work at your drinking. About these ads
Posted in Food, Fun, Tradition
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On Ozu, Architecture and Japanese Lunch Boxes
Japan is really good at dividing wholes into smaller parts. Just look at the Bento box a mother makes for a 4-year-old or the masterpieces of the Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu. It’s in the architecture, where panels are carefully measured … Continue reading
J-Cin Sundays: Godzilla vs Fukushima
Posted in Earthquake, Movies
Tagged earthquake, fukushima, godzilla, gojira, japan, japanese cinema, movies, nuclear, power
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On the Psychic Abilities of Japanese Salarymen
The first thing you’ll do at a new job in Japan is sit for weeks without instructions. You will show up to work and sit at a desk. You’ll have lunch around 12:30, then sit at your desk. Your supervisors … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Shock, Weird
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J-Cin Sundays: “Linda Linda Linda”（リンダリンダリンダ）
J-Cin is a new, semi-regular weekend feature for This Japanese Life discussing Japanese Cinema. This is the first installment.
On Japanese Funerals
My first conversation about the earthquake was a week and three days after it struck. In the office, we talked about the peripheries of disaster: Blood donations, fundraisers, TV coverage. We didn’t talk about victims. When the media focused on … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquake, Photography, Shinto, Shrines, Temples and Ruins, Thinking, Tradition, Uncategorized, Zen
Tagged buddhism, death, earthquake, funerals, japan, photos, shinto
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