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On Being Sick in Japan
Japan has two kinds of illnesses: colds, and the flu. The flu means you can take a day off of work. If you catch a cold, you are expected to do everything a healthy person does, but you’ll have to … Continue reading
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On Wacky Japan (or: On Pretending to Have Fun in Japan)
Japan would like to be known for its temples, shrines, natural beauty, onsen, kimonos, and amazing food. Instead, it’s mostly known abroad for inscrutable anime and game shows where people are flung naked out of toilets without warning or screaming girls’ … Continue reading
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Footnotes on Thailand
The size of the roaches in Chiang Mai actually makes them less intimidating.
On Making a Bagpipe Out of Garbage in Thailand
We pulled over to give the driver a chance to smoke and to look out over the mountain. Some Thai guy was sitting on a rock with a bagpipe he had made of garbage.
On Pretending to Know About Education in Japan, pt. 3: Paying for It
We’ve been imagining a future for Tetsuo, our imaginary middle-upper-class Japanese child. We’ve assumed a moderate degree of financial difficulty in getting Tetsuo-kun into university, but nothing too major: We’ve been blandly middle-class.
On Law (and Order) in Japan
When I look at the Japanese justice system, I see it through the eyes of Law and Order. I imagine a Law and Order: Kabukicho edition, with one episode focusing on a university student who downloads an AKB48 album.
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