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		<title>On Finding God in a Gourd in Naoshima (In Japan)</title>
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		<title>On the Salesmen of Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first guy approached me while I was standing outside of a train station in Colombo, staring at the wood-and-paint schedule board full of clock faces the attendants adjusted by hand. “Where are you going?” he asked. His English carried &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/01/on-the-salesmen-of-sri-lanka/">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=1593&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BRB Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 02:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an old story in Japanese Buddhist legends, said to come from India. A group of 500 merchants, led by Sokara, set to sea in search of treasure. A storm comes and they wash up on the shores of &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/03/27/brb-sri-lanka/">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=1564&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Neurotic&#8217;s Travel Guide to Kyoto, Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kyoto is for lovers! Shijo Dori  Some might say that Kyoto is not about romance. There are temples and shrines everywhere, some of the oldest in the country, and so Kyoto could be considered the spiritual heart of Japan. But &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/10/17/kyoto-travel-guide-neurotic/">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=1416&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Footnotes on Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The size of the roaches in Chiang Mai actually makes them less intimidating. The Roaches of Chiang Mai The size of the roaches in Chiang Mai actually makes them less intimidating. They show a kind of humanity. About an inch &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/08/02/thailand-chiang-mai/">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=1369&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Making a Bagpipe Out of Garbage in Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We pulled over to give the driver a chance to smoke and to look out over the mountain.  Some Thai guy was sitting on a rock with a bagpipe he had made of garbage. The driver and I watched him for &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/08/01/thailand-money/">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=1354&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Going and Coming Back in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/05/17/japanese-abroad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I carry my Japaneseness in my shoulders. Two years in Japan and I’m already compulsively bowing. I’ve developed an aversion to looking relaxed in any circumstance, having permanently adopted the paper-shuffling manner of Japanese bank clerks. I didn’t realize how &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/05/17/japanese-abroad/">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=1265&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Record Shopping in Hong Kong</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The streets are covered in computer parts and curious Chinese lozenges. Chinese Reggae It&#8217;s 2 p.m. in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. A man in a Mister Softee truck peddles soft serve beneath a landscape of dilapidated buildings, fluttering linens and &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/01/03/on-record-shopping-in-hong-kong/">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=1124&#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 Diving from a Malaysian Oil Rig</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/28/malaysian-oil-rig-diving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid I dreamed about flying. It was always simple in dreams. I’d wake up with the euphoric feeling of having figured something out: The secret to flying was to jump, then repeat the jump while still &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/28/malaysian-oil-rig-diving/">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=968&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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