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The Sony a6300 camera is an amazing little guy, and overall I've been fairly satisfied with its performance thus far. However, as is the case with small form-factor mirror-less cameras that feature big-ass sensors and 4K video recording, it's not...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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This puts me at ease because it tells me that she has had previous experience communicating with foreigners and thus knows how to communicate clearly. Maybe that's how and why of her being a journalist. Just in case I got confused, I had my handy...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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with talented teachers that forced me to think, analyze, argue, challenge, lead, and support my opinions. I was taught how to write. I can't tell you how many times I'm correcting the grammar, punctuation, or writing style of my native English-speaking...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Acknowledging that the fine art of hitting on girls is already widely covered on the web, I assembled some ruminations regarding specifically hitting on Japanese girls. As females, many of the same rules of the game apply; however, as Japanese females,...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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I had had enough of Softbank. I wanted out. I had to free myself from their oppressive chains of subjugation. Oh, and I also detest their obnoxious commercials. But at the same time I was married to the iPhone. Au was my other option, but I would be...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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I recently bought a Feiyu Tech MG gimbal camera stabilizer, and I nearly returned it as I endured the tortuous balancing process--a process that could have gone smoother had the cryptic manual been better. Even after watching a couple YouTube videos, I...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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air inhaled into lungs you never knew you had. I'm writing this not to serve as any professorial lecture or authoritative "how to," but merely as a list of things that have worked for me thus far. I still am, after all, a consumerist American living in...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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These Dogs Are Barkin' I had dinner with one of Kayo's coworkers--an older gentlemen named Uchida-san that really loved talking about his many dogs. He treated us to this upscale Japanese seafood restaurant. You could tell it was a nice restaurant...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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NOTE: Yes, I know that Netflix is now available in Japan. However, the services I explain below have proven extremely valuable to me for viewing streaming services from other countries, such as the USA. Since Netflix Japan doesn't have nearly the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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the day with a non-empty wallet or bank account can prove a disheartening day-to-day challenge. I offer some tips on how to save money in Japan. Go With the Flow You live in Japan, but you just love Mexican food. Well, you're in the wrong place, my...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Japan's culture is one forged in various degrees of shame. And that's a damn shame sometimes because it makes getting a quick STD test at your local clinic all the more socially cumbersome and logistically inconvenient. In my home country an AIDS/HIV...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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Like a Scam * Their fake "5-star Google" rating is gone. It was fake to begin with because it didn't exist. FYI - Here's how to report such abuse of Google's trademarks: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/trademark/ * Their fake "McAfee Security" logo...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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I suddenly realized that all people in this world are blessed with incredible talent, but what separates the rich and famous from those not so is often confidence (or the appearance of confidence). If you can confidently broadcast your talent to a large...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Living abroad I often find myself comparing the best and worst of my home country with that in Japan. How cool it would be to mix-and-match to create the perfect country precisely customized to my desires. Just as I may visit a friend's house and stare...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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How To Look Awesomehttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10098-how-to-look-awesome
If you want to look awesome like I do, then follow these simple rules. Do something about losing your hair. If you're losing your hair, then do 1 of 3 things: Shave your head. Or at least crop your hair short. Take hair meds like Propecia. Get a hair...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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The Shrine Drummerhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/countryside/10015-the-shrine-drummer
Before moving to Tokyo, I taught English in a countryside prefecture known as Tottori. I loved it there. My only complaint was my noisy neighbor that liked to play taiko drums early in the morning (usually between 5:30am – 6:00am). He would open all...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Also known as a "home theater PC" (HTPC), a media center PC is connected to a TV and is built and configured for streaming / downloading media available on the Internet or local network. I personally label it a mere hobby, but I admit that building the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Japan's winter wonderland will soon be upon us. Are you excited? Please don't answer that. It's a good idea for us foreigners, especially those who have yet to experience the biting cold brought about by the season, to start preparing for it. This is...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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I hate spam. I detest it. And I'm not talking about the scrumptious processed meat product. I think you all know the spam I'm referring to—the kind peddling cheap viagra, phony rolexes, and desperate but gorgeous Russian girls pining for your love....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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as I thought it would be. Please let me know if you have a better way to do this. It would be cool if I could figure out how to customize the dull background ffmpeg puts on the "video," but at least it works. Anyways, here's what I did... * Find this...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT