Assuming house is required, the following 26 results were found.
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* I checked out this club in Tottori that bands play at (called After Hours). It was really interesting because almost every band sang in English, but they couldn't actually speak English. This one cover band had like 10 musicians. The singer tried to...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Take Off Your Shoeshttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10092-take-off-your-shoes
any American living in America, I wore my shoes in the house. Shoes on the sofa, shoes on the bed, shoes in the shower, shoes in the backyard, then back in the house. I didn't think twice about it. Living in Japan opened my eyes. Take your fuckin' shoes...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Stupid But Fun Purchaseshttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10082-stupid-but-fun-purchases
bad. At least the fog didn't smell like dog shit or decaying rat corpses. The fog machine made its first public debut at a house party I threw (in its honor) when my parents were out of town. As my band was about to begin the evening's performance, I...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Tottori-style I've been rollerblading a lot lately at this skateboard ramp park near my house. I've been trying to teach myself rollerblading tricks--something that every 26 year-old needs to know. It was going well; however, one fateful day I landed a...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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tidy. However, instead of cleaning our rooms for us, she made us clean our rooms ourselves. My parents also paid us to do household chores. I cleaned, swept, dusted, and vacuumed my way to childhood financial freedom. I had to fund my tremendous...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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by Kogamura in Shiga-ken. It took about 4.5 hours to get to the first place, but it was so awesome. We toured the ninja house, the ninja museum, and watched a ninja battle demonstration. We even got to throw ninja stars. Then we drove another hour to...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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he can afford a London flat. Assuming they are UK-based, you can find their current company information using UK's Company House website: http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk This may assist in filing a report with Action Fraud. Initially this was the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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you ignore the progressively menacing jury duty letters that are sent to you. Do they call you? Do they send someone to your house? Do they arrest or fine you? Such speculation was a common topic of late-night semi-drunk conversations with friends....
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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I Was A Freakhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10066-i-was-a-freak
look was much too 1920s ragtime for me. The dye had to come out immediately. Thus began a very regrettable experiment in household chemistry. First up was hydrogen peroxide. No effect. Next was Chlorox bleach. I was sure this would do it, but it only...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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got off with community service, but his academic career at that university was over. His moving not only back into the same house as I, but also the same room was probably the most uncomfortable era in my young life. Move-in day revealed the true extent...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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have never bought white. That was a huge mistake. * I won't even talk about the toilet. Thank God the one that came with the house was beige to begin with. I'm considering napalm as an appropriate toilet cleaner. Hard to find, though. * I tried to start...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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City Library There's a new city library that's really close to my house, so I've been going there lately to study Japanese. It's nice and well-equipped, but there always seems to be a mother in there with a noisy, bratty kid that won't shut up. Why...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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over a year since being back. The place hasn't changed much, but it was really strange walking around inside my family's house with shoes on. I just had to take them off. Obviously, Japan is rubbing off on me. Soon my name will be Takashi Furuta or...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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whopping zero calories, unsweetened tea is a far healthier choice. Big Fridge, Big American The refrigerator at my parents' house in LA is of typical American size—freakin' massive. You could easily fit a dismembered corpse in there. By contrast my...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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The Shrine Drummerhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/countryside/10015-the-shrine-drummer
my Japanese website if interested. Ignoring the preachy warnings of coworkers, I performed the song at Tottori's local live house Afterhours. If black vans could drive around Japan broadcasting imperialist propaganda, then I could certainly sing a song...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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staring at pale, bare, blue-eyed me. Keeping Warm Inside Insulate the Windows If you live in an older Japanese apartment or house, you will surely freeze during winter nights if you fail to do something about your windows and heating: 1. Insulate your...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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Pro. Here are some things I've done to reduce my monthly power bill: * I replaced all but the most rarely used lights in the house with energy-efficient LED lights. Japan sells some really kick-ass LED lights, and they're not as pricey as they used to...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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minimalization, here are some things I've done that allow me to run a home data & media creation center without packing my house with ridiculous loads of equipment. * I buy and/or build only compact, power-efficient machines--a 13" laptop, a mini-ITX...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Why Linux is Coolhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10147-why-linux-is-cool
An operating system like that can never, ever sell-out. It's Alternative Linux is ultra-cool like the words "Seattle coffee house," "independent," and "alternative" were in 1992. It's the grunge rock of operating systems. Not only is it free, but its...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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The first thing thatpops into your head on a cold day is 「寒いですね!」 You freak out when you see people wearing shoes in the house. You know the names of all 48 members of AKB48. You like natto. You're so good with chopsticks you can catch flies. You've...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General