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Guest Post: Going Loco in Yokohama
This week, we’re sharing a guest post from expat writer and J-blogger, Baye McNeil, aka “Loco in Yokohama.” This excerpt, from his eponymous book, is about kids learning English in some unconventional ways. It contains some spicy language and situations, … Continue reading
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On Having Sex With an Octopus in Japan
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.
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On Driving a Train Off the Rails in Japan
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 … Continue reading
On Flirting for Necklaces in Nepal and Sri Lanka
The only reason anyone can go shopping is because everyone has something they don’t want.
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On Life Outside the Palace
None of us would want to swim in the lake where Buddha was born.
On Killing 500,000 Chickens in Nepal
We were walking around a stupa at Boudhanath when a dead pigeon fell out of the sky.


