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		<title>On Eating School Lunch in Japan, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/04/25/school-lunch-japan-kyuushoku/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, we looked at the history of middle-school lunches in Japan. For some reason, we&#8217;re doing it again today; only this time with a focus on what lunch is like in the modern day. Foodies The Ministry of Education states &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/04/25/school-lunch-japan-kyuushoku/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=1599&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Eating School Lunch in Japan, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/04/24/school-lunch-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eating lunch at a Junior High School in America was my first confrontation with the absurdity of my situation as a student. It&#8217;s an introduction to Lord-of-the-Flies social dynamics. The combination of half-formed brains, hormones, and the task of obtaining &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/04/24/school-lunch-in-japan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=1595&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Eating Foreign Sushi in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/03/20/japan-sushi-globalization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I turned on the TV in a Thai hostel last year, and compared international news broadcasts. Fox and MSNBC were covering the shootings in Colorado; Al Jazeera was reporting on what nations could buy with the tax revenue they lost &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/03/20/japan-sushi-globalization/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=1549&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Drinking Too Much in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/05/09/on-drinking-too-much-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When someone assures me, with profound sincerity, that they don’t have a drinking problem, I assume they have a sincerely profound drinking problem. Yes, as an expat in Japan I may just happen to drink with greater frequency and to &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/05/09/on-drinking-too-much-in-japan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=1258&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Making Ice Cream Out of Plastic in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/04/18/fake-food-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere near the divine Buddhist wholesale district of Tokyo is Kappabashi-dori, the street with the highest concentration of plastic food manufacturers in Japan. If you visit any restaurant in Japan, you’ll see plates of plastic ramen, tempura or sushi on &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/04/18/fake-food-japan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=1251&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Selling &#8220;Latin Biorhythms&#8221; in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/03/28/brazil-japan-tea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I stopped by the konbini for lunch at the start of Spring, I made my cursory glance through the constantly rotating stock of temporary soft drinks to see if anything caught my eye. Something did. It had been a &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/03/28/brazil-japan-tea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=1238&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Getting Ramen (and a Hangover) in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/03/07/ramen-hangover-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took a cardboard box full of instant ramen with me to college.  I stocked up on $.30 vegetarian packages of the stuff just for the sake of the noodles. They remained in that box, tucked into a closet (no &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/03/07/ramen-hangover-food/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=1227&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Grocery Shopping in America in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/02/22/costco-walmart-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costco may be in Japan, but Japan is not in Costco. At Costco, Sports Utility Vehicles cram together like cold cats in boxes. Perhaps the engineers didn’t anticipate Costco’s catnip-like lure to the local crowd of big-box, big-car enthusiasts. This &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/02/22/costco-walmart-japan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=1204&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>9 More Foods to Try (Or Try to Avoid) in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/11/21/9-more-foods-to-try-or-try-to-avoid-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, the fellows at Nihongoup, the online Japanese-language community, invited me to do a guest post. I went to my default Japanese conversation tactic: I started spewing out the names of foods I like. So I&#8217;ve got &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/11/21/9-more-foods-to-try-or-try-to-avoid-in-japan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=1072&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Being Vegetarian in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/07/japan-vegetarian-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most Japanese people don’t think twice about eating living animals. Or more accurately, they think, think again, then go ahead and eat them anyway. The savagery of dining starts small, with bars where you catch eels from a pool to &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/07/japan-vegetarian-food/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=808&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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