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		<title>On Meeting a Strawberry in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/07/24/ichigo-ichie-leaving-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I came to Japan, I told myself that this was a bit of practice for dying. It wasn&#8217;t the most upbeat assessment of moving abroad, but it rang true. I was about to end my life, or at least, &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/07/24/ichigo-ichie-leaving-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=1715&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Heating an Apartment in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan does not believe in warmth without risk. You might find a heater in various offices or installed for single-room use in apartments. But more often, you won’t. Instead, you will find various life-threatening electronic devices designed to warm the &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/02/02/heating-apartment-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=349&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Off the Grid in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/08/08/off-the-grid-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t have Internet and I&#8217;m not sure when I&#8217;ll get it. This post is being written on an iPod touch, saved on my WordPress application, and sent when I manage to sneak under an old Japanese guy&#8217;s porch. Most &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/08/08/off-the-grid-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=127&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Flying, 2 &#124; 航空二</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three hours into a 14-hour flight to Japan and already going to the bathroom is an event. <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/08/02/on-flying-2-%e8%88%aa%e7%a9%ba%e4%ba%8c/">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=121&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Flying to Japan &#124; 機上</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/07/31/on-flying-to-japan-%e6%a9%9f%e4%b8%8a/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[owwls]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My flight is a 16-hour long marathon from Boston to Newark, NJ (Why not?) and then a straight shot to Narita International Airport in Tokyo, where it will be a 2 hour flight. <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/07/31/on-flying-to-japan-%e6%a9%9f%e4%b8%8a/">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=103&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advice &#124; 勧め</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/07/27/advice-%e5%8b%a7%e3%82%81/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three pieces of Japanese life advice from Ben Benjamin. <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/07/27/advice-%e5%8b%a7%e3%82%81/">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=110&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Suitcases &#124; 荷物</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/07/23/on-suitcases-%e8%8d%b7%e7%89%a9/</link>
		<comments>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/07/23/on-suitcases-%e8%8d%b7%e7%89%a9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guide to packing a suitcase for life abroad in Japan.  <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/07/23/on-suitcases-%e8%8d%b7%e7%89%a9/">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=97&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Textbooks &#124; 教科書</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/07/19/on-textbooks-%e6%95%99%e7%a7%91%e6%9b%b8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went shopping in Cambridge, MA this weekend for teaching materials for the Language Lab. This is challenging: Teaching high school kids, you don&#8217;t want anything that will come off as condescending or boring, but you also don&#8217;t want to &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/07/19/on-textbooks-%e6%95%99%e7%a7%91%e6%9b%b8/">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=83&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Omiyage &#124; お土産</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/07/14/omiyage-%e3%81%8a%e5%9c%9f%e7%94%a3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to buy gifts for 30 strangers. It&#8217;s a Japanese tradition of Omiyage: You give gifts to neighbors; employers; co-workers; landlords; especially when you first meet them. The rules: Gifts should reflect interests I share with the (possibly nonexistent) recipient. &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/07/14/omiyage-%e3%81%8a%e5%9c%9f%e7%94%a3/">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=60&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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