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On Abandoned Ski Resorts in Japan | 逃散
I spent Halloween on top of a mountain in Oita Prefecture at a 3-star resort hotel in an otherwise abandoned resort complex surrounded by rice paddies, a ski slope overrun by weeds, two empty minimalls, a locked-up bowling alley and … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized, Weird
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On Eating French Fries in Japan | フライドポテトがたべマス
Sometime during the three months I have been in Japan, my pants got too big. The legend of the Japanese diet is so widespread that no one doubted that I would lose weight. There were a number of theories as … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Uncategorized
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On Dining Out in Japan | 外食と義理
When it came time to ask for the bill, I couldn’t do it. I sat, and I waited. And then, 10 minutes into waiting, it hit me: I will never stop being American. “Sumimasen.” In the United States, courtesy means … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Shock, Food, Uncategorized
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On Teaching English as an Out of Body Experience | 英語は儚いです.
Language exists inside of our skulls and escapes through the tongue: What Nabokov called “A fat sleek seal flopping so happily among the familiar rocks.” It’s a chunk of flesh that helps us push ideas out from our squishy insides … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Shock, Teaching, Thinking, Uncategorized
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On Ruins | 城跡
In which a tourist from America has a “mystical experience” in Japan brah, and totally writes about it in his blog. Continue reading
Posted in Temples and Ruins, Thinking, Uncategorized, Zen
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Stereotypical Japanese Apartment Tour
A few corrections, now that I’ve been in Japan for a year: 1. This is clearly not a studio apartment. 2. That is not the city of Fukuoka, nor is the white dome the Yahoo! Dome, an error I now … Continue reading
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