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Mojibake (aka "junk text") is a horrible affliction that most computing in Japanese have encountered at some point. Here are some simple fixes that I use with Microsoft Windows and Outlook. These instructions are written with Windows 7 / Outlook 2010...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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You're a foreigner living in Japan, and you're in the market for a computer with an English keyboard. To your chagrin perhaps finding that laptop with an English keyboard proves rather taxing. Or maybe you're forever stalking the elusive desktop...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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The Kyoto Poopie Incidenthttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/countryside/1001-the-kyoto-incident
I have a story for you, and it's quite disgusting really. But this is me you're talking to, so that's what you get. Anyways, I'll get to the point. I went on an all-day road trip to visit the ninja villages in Japan. It was 4 of us: me, Susumu,...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Club I finally went clubbing in Tottori a few times. The club had a small, community-like feeling to it, so I kinda felt like I was at the local hoe-down. I ran into a few of my students, and the other foreigners there randomly talked to me just cuz I'm...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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The Clinical Trialhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10078-the-clinical-trial
friend of mine emailed me with an interesting and well-paid opportunity. It was a clinical trial for a drug going through the Japanese equivalent of FDA approval. The drug, approved several years ago in the US, was typically used to combat a stomach...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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You bow when talking on the phone. You've figured out kanji for your name. You have a personal inkan and a koseki, and you know what those are. You've accidentally said 「お疲れ様です」 to a friend from your native country. You take your shoes off when...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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I've been a hard-core Untangle fan for several years now, but I recently wanted to explore other firewall options. Being wrapped around a commercial product, Untangle charges money for its high-end features. However, I figured since most all those...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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While enjoying my dinner in a nearby Tokyo food court, I spied an older gentlemen smoking what appeared to be a conspicuous metallic cigar. Upon further introspection I ascertained this to be 「電子タバコ」--better known as electronic cigarettes or "vape" to...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Learning a new language, whether you are looking at adding English or Japanese to your list, is difficult for many individuals. Something that often times makes the process less frustrating and much, much easier is to simply keep an open mind and make...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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Bugs Japanese bugs are weird! I can't tell you how many times I go to my bike in the morning, and there is some green and purple thing with florescent wings and 15 legs crawling on it. Weird! Yumura Onsen Kayo and I spent a weekend at a hot spring in...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Things I Miss About LA the mahi-mahi burrito (baja style) from La Salsa drinkin' wine and playin' NBA Jams for Super Nintendo with my best friends having stuff in English movie theaters that seat like 1500 people and make you go deaf watchin' laker...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Japan's Smoking Addictionhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10083-japans-smoking-addiction
incumbent prime minister Hatoyama and his new government have been working to pass legislation that will place a 100-yen tax on each and every pack of cigarettes sold in Japan. I was shocked this wasn't done 10 years ago. Japan has a major problem with...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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week before moving to Japan I was called to jury duty. My happiest day was calling them and telling them that I can't make it...ever. They added a note to my “juror profile” regarding the international move, and asked me to call them when I move back to...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Mobile Phones in Japanhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10168-mobile-phones-in-japan
overseas offices with their Japan mobile phone woes. I never understood why sometimes their Blackberries just wouldn't work in Japan. Well, after some research, I think I now know. Much of the Western world uses a mobile phone technology called GSM....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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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...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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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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Home Remedieshttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10190-home-remedies
This is another email forward I received many years ago. Props to whoever wrote this. Did You Know That? Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately -- without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional "pain...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Japanese Studyhttps://japanatron.com/directory/10415-japanese-study
Apps, websites, books, etc. that I've found useful during my adventures in studying Japanese. Renzo's Japanese Dictionary Renzo's Japanese Dictionary is another one of my go-to Japanese-English dictionary apps. It's free and incredibly feature-rich, so...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Directory
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I learned in my psychology classes that memory is most deeply encoded when associated with concrete imagery. That is, memories are strongest when they appeal to all the senses and can readily recreate an imaginable scene or context. Rote memorization...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Studying Japanese
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If you've read some of my other blog articles, you realize that I'm often obsessed with finding the ultimate of something. Well, this time my target is loopers--lovely musical devices / software that allow you to create stimulating sound-on-sound...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General