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		<title>On Being Anxious in The Japan Times</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/05/24/on-being-anxious-in-the-japan-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a nice interview with Mads Berthelsen of The Japan Times, which ran today. He asked me about expat anxiety and we discussed whether or not This Japanese Life is a self-help guide to Japan. God help you if it&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/05/24/on-being-anxious-in-the-japan-times/">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=1288&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Always Having an Empty Train Seat Beside You in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/05/23/japan-microaggressions-racism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 02:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a recent trip to the near-abandoned coal mining town of Tagawa, I took the wrong train three times, taking me into the true inaka &#8211; Japan’s rural backwater. The sight of a foreigner in these parts is rarer than &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/05/23/japan-microaggressions-racism/">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=1270&#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 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 Letting Go of a Tree Branch in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/04/04/cherry-blossoms-sakura-haiku/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>owwls</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s about 4,000 kids outside my apartment screaming about cherry blossoms.  The gray and gloomy branches of last week have popped, sagging under the weight of white blossoms. I feel the weight of the cherry blossoms in my chest, hanging &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/04/04/cherry-blossoms-sakura-haiku/">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=1244&#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 Arrested for Dancing in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/03/14/japan-dancing-ban-arrests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a fever sweeping Japan, inspiring city officials and police to crack down on the shady black market for a highly regulated industry linked to the sex industry, gambling, and even human trafficking. You see, since about 1948, it’s been &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/03/14/japan-dancing-ban-arrests/">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=1235&#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 Going to a Gay Bar in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/02/29/on-going-to-a-gay-bar-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The night starts by asking a cab driver to take you to a school. It’s 11 p.m. and you have no business going to a school at 11 p.m. on a Saturday night, so the driver heads toward the school &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/02/29/on-going-to-a-gay-bar-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=1220&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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