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		<title>On Praying to a Fox in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody in Japan seems to know anything about Shinto. Stop by a shrine and watch people. You&#8217;ll see plenty of variety in what you&#8217;d think would be a ritual. People approach the temple and ring the bell, then clap, then &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/03/13/modern-shinto-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=1540&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Turning on the Japanese Air Conditioner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s nothing simple about turning on an air conditioner in Japan. In trains and public offices across the country, the air conditioner is controlled, as are all things, by a faceless bureaucracy. When I worked in an American TV shop, &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/07/18/air-conditioning-shinto-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=1347&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Nature in Japan, or: On Getting Killed By a Wild Goat in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Signs were erected to warn hikers about aggressive mountain goats in Olympic National Park. Imagine, if you can, the mountain goats of the Pacific Northwest. They look like messed-up dogs or disappointing unicorns; they eat lichen in the wild and &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/21/nature-in-japan-goat/">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=855&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Walking On Fire in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most difficult part of walking on burning coals during a typhoon was finding the right train. When we finally arrived in the spiritual town of Dazaifu after a 40-minute diversion to the soggy rice paddies of Dazenji, monks clad &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/06/01/fire-walking-ceremony-japanese/">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=561&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Japanese Funerals</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/03/28/japan-funerals-mourning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first conversation about the earthquake was a week and three days after it struck. In the office, we talked about the peripheries of disaster: Blood donations, fundraisers, TV coverage. We didn’t talk about victims. When the media focused on &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/03/28/japan-funerals-mourning/">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=448&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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