Tag Archives: japan

On Having Sex With an Octopus in Japan

Posted on October 9, 2013 by E.

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.

Posted in Culture Shock, Uncategorized, Weird | Tagged erotica, japan, pornography, sex, shunga | 3 Comments

On Driving a Train Off the Rails in Japan

Posted on September 18, 2013 by E.

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 →

Posted in Thinking, Uncategorized | Tagged japan, trains | 7 Comments

On Meeting a Strawberry in Japan

Posted on July 24, 2013 by E.

Before I came to Japan, I told myself that this was a bit of practice for dying.

Posted in Homesickness, Preparations | Tagged expats, japan | 13 Comments

On Being a Crow in Japan

Posted on July 10, 2013 by E.

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture Shock | Tagged crows, expats, japan | 4 Comments

On Finding God in a Gourd in Naoshima (In Japan)

Posted on June 26, 2013 by E.

“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 … Continue reading →