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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 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 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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		<title>On Having Sex With an Octopus in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/10/09/shunga-japanese-erotica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 15:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s an old joke that any revolutionary tool mankind creates to express our highest ideals and ambitions will always simultaneously be used for pornography. In Japan, that pornography-technology relationship is tied to scroll paintings and  printmaking. Luckily for me, a &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/10/09/shunga-japanese-erotica/">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=1810&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Driving a Train Off the Rails in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/09/18/train-accidents-bullies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was just after the morning rush on an April day in Amagasaki, a city of about half a million people close to Osaka. A JR commuter train was taking a bend on the track when it derailed, crashing into &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/09/18/train-accidents-bullies/">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=1792&#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>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/07/24/ichigo-ichie-leaving-japan/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/07/10/japanese-crows-expats/</link>
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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 Finding God in a Gourd in Naoshima (In Japan)</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/06/26/naoshima-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Architecture appears for the first time when the sunlight hits a wall. The sunlight did not know what it was before it hit a wall.” ― Louis Kahn Freud claimed God was only the lingering memory of our parents, looming over us &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/06/26/naoshima-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=1669&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>41 Things I Like About Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/06/19/41-things-i-like-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I worry that all I&#8217;ve done is complain. Life in Japan is hard, sure. But I&#8217;ve stayed for three years. Outside of work, and loneliness, and the constant miniature stresses of everyday life, Japan has clearly captured something in &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/06/19/41-things-i-like-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=1660&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Being Bullied in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/06/12/japan-ijime-bullies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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