Assuming school is required, the following 29 results were found.
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which can lead to missing out on myriad rewarding experiences. While searching for other options, I discovered language school. It was a perfect plan to catch a glimpse of life in Japan while learning the language. After graduating from the program, I...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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perfect, but here are some great things they did that have paid off time and time again in my adult life: Made Me Go to School Not a day goes by that I don't appreciate the kick-ass education that my parents got me. They paid every penny for a 12-year...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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the Japanese hospital. My First Time on TV A news station in Yonago (Tottori prefecture's other major city) contacted our school asking if they could include our school in a report on new stores/stuff to do in Tottori train station (our school is inside...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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That's gonna be really funny. Everyday Uniform One of my students came to my Saturday class. She was wearing her high school uniform. I asked if she had school cuz many Japanese high school students go to school on Saturday for their club activities or...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Extra For a Dayhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/show-biz/1005-extras
in a new Japanese drama coming out in April. 8:00am - 5:00pm and no pay. So I show up at this abandoned Japanese elementary school at 8:00am. 50 Japanese and 1 white guy (me). Guess who stands out? No worries…I’m used to that. …or AM I? The Good: * 80%...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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I Was A Freakhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10066-i-was-a-freak
went through a really weird phase my first year of college. Maybe it was the unchecked freedom granted after high school graduation, or an overdeveloped need to assert my individuality, or the weed I was smoking--but in short I became a freak. I still...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Religious Freakhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/1004-religious-freak
JMJ and AMDG, Jenny ______________________________________________ Hi Jenny, Did you go to Catholic school when you were a child? ______________________________________________ I'm 18 yr old and graduated from high school this year. I'm taking a year...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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know someone that I know. For example, the bartender at a bar I frequent told me that his mother-in-law is a student at my school. 150,000 people in the town and 300 or so go to my school. I guess I'd better behave myself, eh? THE JOB -- AEON I also dig...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Babysitting Services in Japanhttps://japanatron.com/directory/10357-babysitting-services-in-japan
from an illness or recent childbirth, wouldn't it be nice to have a helping hand? Sure, there are daycare programs and preschools; but those options aren't always convenient or suitable, often requiring advance registration procedures. Luckily with some...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Directory
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winter chill drifts in with its own distinctive aura. Personally, the oddest thing about the winter season is seeing Tokyo school girls donning super-skimpy miniskirts during the frigid coldness that is January in Japan! Many first timers surely ask...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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experiences that have, um, left a lot to be desired to say the least. Besides teaching for an internship I was doing for school credit towards my bachelor’s degree, I started off working through agencies that put you in touch with jobs when I lived in...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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Japan's Smoking Addictionhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10083-japans-smoking-addiction
Up until recently anyone--even children--could easily buy cigarettes from the automated cancer vendors. Apparently, high school kids loved this distribution system almost as much as the tobacco companies. But all good things must come to an end, so some...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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the defense of the Japanese, I don't think it was 100% racism. I was told that students at the Watanabe Production Comedy School are given preferential treatment (that's the Japanese jimusho system), and I can't expect to be in the contest the first...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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lost. Throughout the class, the wig gradually turns more and more askew. The 2 other students in the class are both high school girls. They notice the askew wig. I notice the askew wig. Mamoru doesn't notice his askew wig. I shoot the girls a look that...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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an empty bus on a brisk Monday morning. Half-way through the trip, the previously empty bus filled with Japanese elementary school kids. I guess that bus doesn't get many white boys decked out in snowboarding gear on Monday mornings, so I got quite a...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Rude Japanhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10010-rude-japan
curb such behaviors. Vending machines now require a special ID card to purchase cigarettes. This is to prevent sneaky high school boys from getting their filthy hands on that golden tobakki. Ladies first? Ladies last! Although today it's associated with...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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The Shrine Drummerhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/countryside/10015-the-shrine-drummer
I replied, and he wasn't at all surprised: “I know that shrine!” Step 8 I slipped deeper into the depths of madness. My school manager suggested moving me to another apartment, and I seriously considered the generous offer. However, I only had about 3...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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at all to gaze insistently and ever turn their head when they see a Western woman. Don’t believe me? Walk by a high school or go into a curry shop. It’s going to feel like Angelina Jolie just entered the building. Some of you might find that persistent...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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These were my requirements, which may or may not be in accord with yours: The system must have a DVD player. I'm old school that way. The system must have an HDMI output--one cable running to the TV. The system must support a resolution of...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Why Linux is Coolhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10147-why-linux-is-cool
Linux pros are like classically-trained musicians--they can play any genre. It's Respected Much like a Wharton business school MBA, Linux expertise can land you a kick-ass corporate job complete with hot administrative assistants and keys to the company...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT