Quick little anecdote.
Today in one of my classes some students came up and asked to see my driver’s license. I obliged. They looked at it then asked me what the picture of a heart and “donor” meant. Without thinking, I said (in Japanese), “When I died, I gave my body to someone.”
They started laughing, then [...]

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Despite what I’m sure many of you may think, Beth doesn’t enjoy being groped by strangers. I know, it once surprised me too, but I now completely understand.
Let’s rewind all the way back to yesterday, as Beth and I wandered around Akihabara, to begin this journey of understanding. Beth was looking for the new Kakitori-kun [...]

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Most anyone who’s into some sort of Japanese pop culture knows about the existence of Love Hotels. Are you in the mood for a quickie and need some accomodations? Indiscriminate lover? Have a whore? Curious at the, from an American’s perspective, novelty of having hotels blatantly dedicated to sex? If you gave a yes to [...]

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A month or two ago some guy on my Flickr contact list posted pictures of Matsushima, a famous bay in Japan made up of hundreds of tiny islands, on his Flickr account. I wanted to go eventually, it being one of the Three Views of Japan and all, but until one night during winter vacation [...]

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So two guys walk into a convenience store. One goes to the back to grab a bottle of Coke. The other one walks up to the counter and pays for three airline tickets. The first guy waits in line holding his 120 yen bottle of Coke while he patiently waits for the time it takes [...]

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Jason, Chris, and Jake finally returned back to the US, and after staying at Tsukuba with Beth for a few days, I’m finally back at home. Too much stuff happened over break to put in one entry, so I’m going to split everything up. Today I shall start with Nearly-Naked Harajuku Dancer Guy.
For one [...]

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