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Juno
Mar 31, 20234 min read
Eating Gluten Free in Japan: An Introduction
Source: jisho.org, a fantastic online dictionary As you may or may not know, I'm allergic to gluten (and other things, but those are...
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Juno
Mar 31, 20234 min read
Teacher Swap Season
In Japan, every April there is a big shuffle of teachers. Unlike the US, teachers in Japan usually only work at a school for 2-6 years...
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Juno
Jan 13, 20235 min read
Geisha
I look mildly ridiculous in my sweatpants and winter clothes next to these elaborately dressed geigi, but they were all excited about my...
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Juno
Nov 14, 20225 min read
Cooking Class (and the Importance of Food)
Back in the beginning of summer, I taught a cooking class at the local community center. I asked my mom for some of our favorite summer...
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Juno
Nov 4, 20224 min read
I Don't Know That Verb
As you may or may not know, in the past couple days North Korea has been lobbing missiles into the air. I didn't know this until my phone...
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Juno
Aug 28, 20226 min read
Japanese Customer Service (and Kindness)
Pictured: Prayer Monument for Everything in Narita, Chiba Prefecture. This area has some interesting English translations for its...
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Juno
Jul 21, 20225 min read
Phone Calls
From Japan: The Original Point-and-Speak Phrasebook by Toshiya Enomoto (highly recommend) As those who know me in person may or may not...
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Juno
Apr 22, 20225 min read
Shrine Signatures-A Unique Collectable
As I may have mentioned before, I collected something called "御朱印" (goshuin, shrine signatures). I first heard about this sort of idea in...
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Juno
Apr 18, 20222 min read
Cherry Blossoms
Spring has sprung and with that comes one of the things Japan is most famous for: cherry blossoms!It was road trip time once again and...
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Juno
Mar 24, 20224 min read
In The News
When you are a foreigner in Japan, you find yourself in the news more often than you would back home. Back in America, I'm pretty sure...
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Juno
Mar 24, 20224 min read
Fuki and Other Curious Rural Things
As I have already established, I live in a pretty rural place. This excludes me from many of the activities you usually associate with...
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Juno
Feb 19, 20226 min read
Why Learn a Foreign Language?
During my orientation training for JET, we had to watch the TED talk "the secrets of learning a new language" by Lýdia Machová . The main...
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Juno
Feb 17, 20222 min read
It's Cold. Mostly Indoors.: Water Edition
My house does have hot water (the control for which is pictured above), but it's one of those instant water heaters that isn't so instant...
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Juno
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Egg Vending Machine
Japan is known as the land of vending machines. This is correct. It's mostly just drink vending machines in absolutely every corner of...
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Juno
Feb 11, 20224 min read
The Kind Gas Station Grandpa
My second day living in rural Japan, my supervisors took me to the local car rental place to pick up my car. My car was owned by the...
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Juno
Feb 9, 20225 min read
Fluency
I think people have a skewed idea of what fluency is and what is needed to achieve it. I cannot tell you how many times I heard "oh just...
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Juno
Jan 30, 20224 min read
New Years Trip, Part 3: Fukuoka
*Note: Yes I know I shouldn't be traveling during Covid. I have my Covid booster shot, wore KN95 or double masks, and didn't eat out....
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Juno
Jan 30, 20223 min read
The Fried Potato Problem
Something you may or may not know about me is that I love french fries. When I ate out with my friends in college I almost always got...
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Juno
Jan 30, 20223 min read
Pet Foreigner
I am an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT). Thing is, I'm definitely not a teacher. I do have a college degree, but it's in biochemistry...
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Juno
Jan 22, 20222 min read
So. Many. Doors.
Note about the title of this image: I mentioned to a friend that my house has a mildly ridiculous amount of doors and he said "oh, so you...
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