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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
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
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 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, 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 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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Juno
Jan 15, 20223 min read
Fun Purchases
Japan has a bit of a reputation for odd products. One of my prized possessions is a bread shaped pillow I got during my first study...
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Juno
Jan 15, 20224 min read
Kotatsu: Where I Spend All My Time
This is a kotatsu. It's a table, usually a low table, with a heating element on the bottom side, the top of the table comes off, and...
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Juno
Jan 8, 20222 min read
It's Cold. Mostly Indoors.
So it has been a bit cold lately. Temperatures average between -2 and 2 Celsius (28-36 Fahrenheit). That's not too bad honestly (or I've...
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Juno
Dec 13, 20211 min read
A New Beginning
Hello there! My name is Juno and I run the Azuki Ice Cream blog. My original blog (under the same name) was made when I was a teenager...
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