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On Being Selfish in Japan
I remember my high school French club. The kids smoked too young, wore black turtlenecks and talked about Camus, or more precisely, “spoke of Camus.”
The German club ate strudel, listened to unbearable polka and occasionally invaded the French club.
On Being Cute in Japan
“Battle not with Hello Kitty lest ye become Hello Kitty; and if you gaze into the abyss the abyss gazes into you with huge eyes and a helpless disposition.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
9 More Foods to Try (Or Try to Avoid) in Japan
A few weeks ago, the fellows at Nihongoup, the online Japanese-language community, invited me to do a guest post. I went to my default Japanese conversation tactic: I started spewing out the names of foods I like.
So I’ve got 9 below the jump; you can find the other half of that list over on their website (here).
Singing Karaoke with Foucault
“In civilizations without boats, dreams dry up, espionage takes the place of adventure, and the police take the place of pirates.”
– Michel Foucault, Of Other Spaces
If there was a ship to escape Japanese culture in, the paint on the starboard front would spell karaoke and it would sail over a sea of alcohol.
On Awkwardly Consoling Japanese Schoolgirls
There are only so many things I know how to say in Japanese. I’ve learned that none of them can stop a 15-year-old Japanese girl from crying.
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