I was talking to a friend the other day… I was very surprised that he didn’t know about some of the sites that host links to places where American tv shows are hosted. I think the biggest and most useful is SurfTheChannel. I would probably even use this site if I lived in the US […]
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Although I haven’t had any problems yet with a car. I owned an old Light bodied “kei” car before, and currently earn a big hybrid car that gets about the same kilometers per gallon as the kei car did but seats eight. A very long time ago I wrote about getting a license and some
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I’ve been in Japan close to 15 years now, so when I read a recent article in The Telegraph about JR (Japan Railways) starting a campaign to improve people’s manners on trains, the following paragraph: Five years ago, it would have been unthinkable for passengers on Japan’s crowded trains to witness a female office worker
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If you watch the video, you’ll here some wacky stuff. Now maybe I don’t go to enough “hi tech” buildings to have used the “smart toilet” but this is the kind of over-generalized news about Japan that drives me crazy. Here’s the video about the crazy robo-toilets that are “commonplace” in Japan these days. If
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Here’s the scoop on the drama, just in case you don’t actually have a tv under the rock in Japan where you live… but maybe that’s too extreme. I’m sure there are plenty of people in Japan who don’t know about Gokusen. So here’s the ad for the show… if you’re even slightly interested, I
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First of all, full disclosure.I did my driver’s license in Hyogo Prefecture… I got it on the third try. First I’ll start off by telling you exactly how I failed the first two times. Very simple actually… Failure One: I ran a stop sign… Sounds kind of stupid, but it took me this experience to
So I bought myself about 33 liters of gas today for about 122 yen per liter. That’s a pretty good price for today, and an amazing price for tomorrow. The newspaper’s warning us that prices might go up to 160 in some places. Prime Minister Fukuda even came on air to apologize and thank the
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Watching the news on tv these past few days, I was surprised to see several stories that showed the temporary reduction in gas prices (which is something closer to tax relief than an actual reduction) as something NEGATIVE! One story was about a bicycle shop owner who claimed that business was finally looking up because
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Gas prices in Japan dropped about 25 yen per liter from about 149 yen per liter to about 124 yen per liter. All of Japan is abuzz… people are even drinking gas because it’s cheaper than sake! (OK that one’s an exaggeration, but I think you get the point. However, let’s put this into perspective!
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The title says it all. Lately I’ve been spending most of my time working on my other blog which is a blog about raising children, education, and being a father – important things. BigDaddyJapan.com If you read Japanese and are interested in family related topics, please drop by.
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I was glancing at some of the clothes for sale on the Yahoo! Japan’s auction service today when I came across a jacket which was advertised as Abercrombie & Fitch. The genius seller of the auction was kind enough to offer proof of the authenticity of the jacket by providing a close-up photo of the
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