Assuming japan is required, the following 183 results were found.
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My daughter's kindergarten class acted out the traditional Japanese folktale "Urashima Taro." Finding the story quite dark and disturbing, I provide my characteristic misinformed opinions and skewed judgements.
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Videos
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37 - Japanese Holidayshttps://japanatron.com/?view=article&id=10384:37-japanese-holidays&catid=52
Prepare for a whirlwind tour of the year covering my favorite Japanese holidays. I enjoy the not-working, eating, and getting drunk aspects; but complain about the having to buy and do stuff. Special thanks to the listener that suggested this topic.
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Podcast
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Shinjuku is so mind-blowingly complicated that I get lost each and every time I go there. Despite extensive navigational preparation, GPS, Google Maps, etc., Shinjuku beats me every time. You have my heartfelt respect if you can successfully navigate...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Videos
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This is a video letter to Nissan (the car company) concerning the Carlos Ghosn scandal and your presumed hunt for a new CEO. Please consider me *David Problema* as a strong candidate for the open Nissan CEO position.
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Videos
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I've been really into pasta lately because it's cheap and easy to make. So naturally I go all-in and purchase a commercial-use 3-kg can of Kagome pasta sauce on Amazon. 2-kg into the can of pasta sauce, I can definitively say that I no longer have the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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Countrysidehttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/countryside
These stories come mostly from my early days in Japan working as an English conversation teacher out in Tottori Prefecture (2003~2006).
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Podcasthttps://japanatron.com/?view=category&id=52
Writer / comedian / American ex-pat David Pavlina hosts Japanatron--a podcast about life, learnings, and cultural experiences in the land of the rising sun. A wide variety of topics related to Japan are covered, all told from the standpoint of an...
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Directoryhttps://japanatron.com/directory
Goods, services, apps, websites, etc. that I've found helpful during the course of my expat life in Japan.
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Terms of Usehttps://japanatron.com/terms-of-use
By using or signing-up to Japanatron Dot Com you agree to the following terms of use: General Conduct I will not use any foul or otherwise inappropriate language in my profile, comments, or messages to other members. Profiles and usage in violation of...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Legal
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Religious Freakhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/1004-religious-freak
of the US, Truman, was a 32nd degree Freemason when he commanded to drop the atom bombs on two most Catholic cities of Japan, Nagasaki and Hiroshima, (and the 33rd degree parallel goes through right-in-between these two cities). Shortly after Truman was...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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and Tottori soon, and some things I will miss while others I won't. This should make for a good summary of the countryside Japan English conversation teacher lifestyle. Things I will miss: * Going to the most popular restaurant in Tottori on a Saturday...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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a learn-able skill, so it is indeed possible to prepare and practice ad-lib. A common problem I face performing comedy in Japanese is not understanding what the MCs or other native-speaker performers are saying. They often talk too damn fast. This used...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Sony PRS-505 Ebook Readerhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10052-sony-prs-505-ebook-reader
$30 or so over the Kindle. The main selling point of the Kindle is its cellular-based wireless capabilities. I live in Japan, so this feature would not work for me. The Sony accepts SD cards as well as Sony memory sticks. This is convenient because I...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Stupid But Fun Purchaseshttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10082-stupid-but-fun-purchases
few knew who the culprit was. It's a miracle I was never arrested. God Himself had blessed my contraption. After I moved to Japan, I no longer owned a car. My PA system sat boxed in storage for years and years, until I finally decided to trash it. I had...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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I started working in the 800-person IT department of a large Japanese financial firm. Being the only white boy and only native English speaker in my 30-person section, I stand out quite a bit. I've only been here a month; however, the piquant...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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ASRock - The maker of my motherboard of choice also offers small form-factor media center PCs. OEM'd as "Valore" here in Japan, I was seriously considering it before deciding to build my own machine. AOpen - The maker of my chassis of choice also offers...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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a recent issue where the Playstation 3 Netflix app stopped working with Getflix--a service I use to watch Netflix here in Japan. Fortunately, Getflix took swift action and resolved the issue. Unfortunately, the issue was resolved for everyone except me!...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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DNS redundancy, but totally sucks if you use an unblock service to watch Netflix abroad (see this: How to Watch Netflix in Japan). From time to time my Roku would insist on using Google's DNS, so Netflix would no longer work properly. Boooo! There are 2...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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then I recommend giving up now. For example, despite recent government regulations encouraging the contrary, the big 3 Japanese providers (Au, Docomo, and Softbank) all maintain a strict policy against unlocking the iphone, even after all contractual...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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Since Blackberry is essentially dead in Japan, I face a pesky challenge of getting Japanese text input to work on Blackberries I receive from our head office. Unfortunately, several other guides on the web explaining how to manually install BB firmware...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT