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First Movie Rental I finally started renting movies here. I rented "Amelie" because I'd always wanted to see it. I took it home and realized that the only languages available on the DVD were French and Japanese. So I watched a French movie dubbed in...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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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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Why Japanese TV Suckshttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/show-biz/10053-why-japanese-tv-sucks
If you're in America right now, I'm really jealous of your horn of plenty that is American TV. I took my home country's TV for granted, and now I realize how good I really had it. The USA makes the best freakin' TV shows in the world, and to quote the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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At the ripe young age of 12, I briefly experimented with the fine art of thievery. The idea came from my then-in-college brother who had returned for summer break with more Nintendo games than the "Angry Video Game Nerd." His initial story was that the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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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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Babysitting Services in Japanhttps://japanatron.com/directory/10357-babysitting-services-in-japan
Life abroad as a parent can be tough, and there are moments when you just want someone to take the pain away...now. It can be especially difficult when those moments sneak up on you, and you don’t have nearby friends or family who can keep an eye on...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Directory
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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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Anyone living in or visiting Japan is no stranger to walking around with a bucketful of coins in their pants/purse. The excitement before your first Tokyo subway ride soon quells as you're greeted by a flurry of coins spraying from the ticket machine...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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I live on the second floor of a central Tokyo apartment building. The advantage of this? I enjoy a brief daily elevator ride (or welcome stair climb) and can escape the building quickly in case of an emergency--I can literally jump off my balcony if...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Most often referred to in Japan as an MVNO, which stands for "mobile virtual network operator," the following is a potentially-growing list of SIM-only mobile providers that resell services on one of the major Japanese mobile networks: NTT Docomo, Au...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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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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In a world striving for globalization, Japan is still a national state, with foreigners making up only 1.5% of the country’s population. The biggest foreign communities are concentrated in big cities such as Tokyo and Osaka, and little to none are to...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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I recently started my own IT consulting business here in Japan, and needless to say it was quite a learning experience. Hoping to relieve others from some of the tedium, I compiled an outline of the process along with some tips for starting your very...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Rollerblading, 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...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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This is the first of a hopefully continuing series of "USA vs. Japan" articles featuring my snap impressions of Japanese things and how they compare to the USA equivalent. My first chosen topic is a brief and easy one--Subway Sandwich. Although it...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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I'll just go ahead and say it from the get-go: American culture just doesn't have as many privacy or modesty provisions built into it as Japan does. We Americans all want attention and fame and all the bling-bling that goes with it. We post YouTube...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Finding a good apartment or any apartment in Japan can be a real pain for foreigners. Most apartments require a guarantor on the lease, basically someone to vouch for you. Unfortunately, that often proves somewhat of a difficulty for us foreigners...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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It's been several months since posting my dramatic story about Official iPhone Unlock's scam, and I'd like to share some interesting developments and observations that have since come to light. The Site Looks Even More Like a Scam * Their fake "5-star...
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- Author: Japanatron
- 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
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New Year's was great. I got 10 days off, so my mom, dad, and sister came out to visit. We toured Tokyo, Kyoto, then ended up in Tottori. Sarah and I went a New Year's party at our hotel in Kyoto. It was fun despite the fact we were by far the youngest...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside