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		<title>On Pilgrims</title>
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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 Meeting a Strawberry in Japan</title>
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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 Being a Crow in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, another guest post from former Japanese expat Alanna Schubach.  Shortly after moving to Japan I began having a dream that would recur for the duration of my time there. There were minor variations, but the story was always &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/07/10/japanese-crows-expats/">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=1698&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Losing Control in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/29/adjustment-and-influence-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[America, Japan has a question for you. Try to think of ten recent moments where you gracefully adjusted to a change you didn&#8217;t agree with. You didn&#8217;t resist or put up a fuss. Jot it down, with the date. Then, &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/29/adjustment-and-influence-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=1636&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Staying Sane as an Expat in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a few months left before starting my new life in London, but I&#8217;ve already filled 11 rubbish bags to bursting with the debris of my life in Japan. Nothing can stay, and the lack of sentimentality I&#8217;m forced &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-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=1626&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Being Alone in an Office In Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/02/19/alone-japan-expat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This week, a guest post from former Japanese expat Alanna Schubach.  At some point during my first year in Japan, I read Don DeLillo’s The Names, about an expatriate working in Greece. He comes to dread the daily interactions with &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/02/19/alone-japan-expat/">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=1506&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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