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		<title>On Pilgrims</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2014/01/29/on-the-expat-as-a-pilgrim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I live on Tabard Street in London, one of the original streets leading into the city proper, a site where pilgrims gathered before departing the city (such as those in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales) or upon arriving in it. The entire &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2014/01/29/on-the-expat-as-a-pilgrim/">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=1936&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Life after Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The airplane is parked at the far end of a runway, the airport clear outside the portal, the name of my city, Fukuoka, in clear red letters. The mountains are clear in the distance, lush green trees reaching toward blue &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2014/01/22/on-life-after-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=1930&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Facebook Fans and Christmas Miracles</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/12/05/thisjapaneselifebookdiscount/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 12:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irrashaimase! This Japanese Life&#8217;s Facebook page has just crossed the 2,000 fans mark. To celebrate, This Japanese Life (the book and e-books!) will be marked down by 20%! How lucky we are that this has happened so close to a &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/12/05/thisjapaneselifebookdiscount/">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=1901&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Hunting Dolphins in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/11/27/dolphin-hunt-taiji/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The memory of getting to Japan is hazy. One day I was an animal rights activist in Los Angeles, and the next I was on my way to Taiji to help save dolphins. But I believe I was meant to &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/11/27/dolphin-hunt-taiji/">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=1888&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Watching Video Art in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/11/20/japanese-video-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I went to art galleries in Japan &#8211; the hole-in-the-walls, not the epic institutions &#8211; I would look at videos or photographs and become immensely bored. It just seemed like a bunch of people goofing off around the house. &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/11/20/japanese-video-art/">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=1876&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Friendships in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/11/06/expat-friendships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the challenges of living in Japan was a permanent, awkward sense of imbalance in my relationships. It seemed that I, and everyone around me, was simultaneously needy and aloof. For years I wondered if it was me, but &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/11/06/expat-friendships/">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=1867&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Getting Into the JET Program, Part 4: The Statement of Purpose</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/10/30/jet-program-statement-purpose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The centerpiece of your JET application is The Statement of Purpose, or SOP. It&#8217;s the one-page letter where you get to say everything you want JET to know. It’s also, shockingly, the only chance you’ll have to prove that you &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/10/30/jet-program-statement-purpose/">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=1834&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Getting Into the JET Program, Part Three: The Application</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/10/25/jet-program-application-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So we&#8217;ve looked at what the JET Program is and what it basically is looking for. Now, let&#8217;s look at the application itself.  You require triplicate versions of the paperwork, collated (without staples! Hear me? NO STAPLES. UNLESS IT SAYS &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/10/25/jet-program-application-help/">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=1832&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Getting Into the JET Program, Part 2: What does JET want?</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/10/24/what-does-jet-program-look-for/</link>
		<comments>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/10/24/what-does-jet-program-look-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I started applying for JET in 2010, there was plenty of terrible advice about what JET wanted. Here are a couple of the rumors that, in hindsight, made absolutely no sense: You must speak Japanese You must not speak &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/10/24/what-does-jet-program-look-for/">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=1827&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Getting Into the JET Program, Part 1: What is it?</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/10/23/part1-jet-program-what-is-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 15:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, some of you are probably about to embark on the mysterious journey that is the JET application process. There&#8217;s no information anywhere, no one gives you straight answers, and when people do give you answers, they&#8217;re usually snarky. Well, &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/10/23/part1-jet-program-what-is-it/">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=1822&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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