Assuming home is required, the following 72 results were found.
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saying, "No, I don't want cable television, dude!" Then he came back. I didn't open the door. I was a prisoner in my own home. He rang the doorbell like 7 times and kept saying, "konbanwa!" outside my door. Door bell rings turned into knocks. My heart...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Park There's a gorgeous park in Tottori called Ochidani Park. For a few weeks during late June, the park is home to thousands of active fireflies at night. It's quite the popular local attraction, so I went to see them twice. I was especially excited...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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All classes are canceled because of the typhoon, so don't come to work." That was the first time in my life I got to stay home due to the weather conditions. Thanks, Mama Nature! The theme of typhoons seems to be WIND. One storm was so cool I even...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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recapture my sobriety. Soon after Kayo returned to the table, we thanked Uchida-san warmly for his kindness and stumbled home. Mondaiji on NHK I got on TV again--not that it's an impossible challenge in a place like Tottori. Anyways, it was great...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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They politely explained what I had done, finishing with, "...he said he learned it from his brother." My livid mother drove home in a frightening silence that defined the very soul of the word "awkward." Anger buried her tongue, fear and regret buried...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Growing up I never considered my home country to have much of a culture of its own. Elementary school textbooks described it as a "melting pot" of other cultures, or more accurately, a "salad." However, much to my chagrin, America does indeed have a...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Tokyo Makes Me Hate Peoplehttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10081-tokyo-makes-me-hate-people
a Tokyo hermit if you happen to share in my frustrations. Consider it me-deprecating entertainment if you do not. Stay At Home The most easily-executed is to simply stay at home. I don't ever go out anymore. Tokyo has sadly turned me into an...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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gave myself a home project--upgrade / reorganize my home studio so that it is both more comfortable and more like a proper man-cave. As a man-cave cannot be complete without a game console, a PS3 was high on the agenda since my wife commandeered the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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would no longer work properly. Boooo! There are 2 comparable ways to fix this: Add a Null Route to Your Router Most basic home routers allow you to add custom routes. Add a route to 8.8.8.8 that goes to the loopback address (127.0.0.1). Called a "null...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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numerous Japanese reviews and forum posts--their data speed sucks. So far I've tolerated it because I have wifi at both my home and office, but now that other SIM-only providers have entered the market, it may be time to move on to more rapid rivers....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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successfully than Japanese guys can. Keep chivalry alive, bro. Fishing Off the Company Pier is OK. Although it's taboo in my home country, it apparently does not carry the same stigma here in Japan. Coworkers date each other. They get married. After...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Financehttps://japanatron.com/directory/10412-finance
platform for the US personal income tax practice of Dan Schouten LLC, a Japan Godo Kaisha (GK) company. Wise Send money home or abroad for much less than the banks. Wise was an incredible discovery. It's the fastest, most convenient, and most...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Directory
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speaker wifi settings, etc. The crackle would return. One night I was poking around the Nest Audio settings in the Google Home app and stumbled upon a setting called "Preview Program." It sounded like the speaker would get a not-yet-officially-released...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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Living abroad I'm a bit paranoid when it comes to my financial accounts and credit rating back in the States. It would really suck if I were the victim of fraud and didn't even know it. Even worse would be dealing with identity theft while living...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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and find it there, but the seller won't ship it to Japan. Oh, and this situation is compounded by the fact my family back home loves gifting me Amazon USA gift certificates for birthdays and Christmas. I would usually inconvenience my retired father by...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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(from the US to Japan). It was troublesome to initiate a USA transfer from Japan, and I had to engage my family back home for assistance. This may depend on the US bank, so your mileage may vary. I no longer use Shinsei at all for international...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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trouble at work, so I began plotting my revenge. The whole day I acted like I was upset with them about the joke. I went home after work and wrote an email that looked like it was from the trainer Alec at the AEON headquarters in Okayama. It's an old...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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In addition, overseas card transactions are often denied by the vendor or credit card company or both; and sending money home to pay the bill effectively strips the credit card of its intrinsic convenience. Damn, I wanted a local card. But at the same...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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I went with Mitsubishi UFJ, but I'm sure Mizuho is another apt possibility. Register with the Post Office If you used your home address as your business address, then inform the post office that mail addressed to your company might be coming. This is a...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Japan's Smoking Addictionhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10083-japans-smoking-addiction
just a small warning basically stating that you shouldn't smoke too much. It's bad for you. Thanks for driving the point home, Japan. No One's Been Sued Yet Japan is surprisingly smoker-friendly: smoking sections in restaurants, hotels, hospitals (no...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General