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Travel Blogs from Nikaho, Japan
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Emphatically Correct
... phone, and was once told by a kid that his sister was from "Planet Nasty Girl." Anyway, since coming to Japan and actually assistant teaching, I've realized that hilarity is everywhere. During a huge demonstration class last year, a student ...
It's a scorcher today.
The winter hasn't given up. Blast, I think. If only it weren't six degrees celcius in my house, think of all the things I wouldn't mind doing. But alas, it will soon be over, you think. And then Spring will come, and at Zeus's mercy, you will be sitting ...
The Spring Creep: A Flurry of Banquets
... . It was enough to make me run around my house naked yelling and the government deploy SM-3 interceptors to the Sea of Japan and ground-based PAC-3 missiles (whatever those are) to Akita and Iwate Prefectures. Fortunately enough, Kisakata ...
Fry It
... heartily and fry it ." And so, I wish to give you all such an invitation. If you find yourself in Japan, hop on the shinkansen, please break out intensively near my small town. I will be waiting heartily. Closing time, Mr. ...
Without Fear or Favor
... you will. It is the exact place I go when nothing needs to make sense or matters. It overlooks Kisakata and the Sea of Japan, and kinda feels like watching an opera from the left side of the second floor balcony. The perspective you get is this field of ...
A Haiku + Some Islands = Limelight
... he did in the same order. Regardless, it just so happens that during his journey to the Tohoku (northeastern) region of Honshu (Japan's main island), he stopped in and wrote a haiku about Kisakata. And so, Kisakata kinda shares the stage with other places ...
Going Green: putting sole to street
As of recent, I have decided that I shall no longer drive. My rationale for this is five-fold, and listed in order of importance, from most to least. 1. Health. Playing tag with elementary school students twice a week and volleyball with elderly women ...
The Dorsal Slide
I dislike hospitals, doctors, and pain. Thanks to taking a semester of sports medicine, I've been my own doctor in Japan. My specialty is stubbed toes and impacted cerumen. But, last Tuesday brought about an injury I could not cure. The cause ...
A [Class] of Their Own: The Calamity of Stickers
A poorly used sticker is worse than a sticker not used. As an elementary school entertainer, my number one priority is to avoid disasters (defined however you like). A bearded, four-eyed colleague of mine suggests that a good way to ruin-proof a ...
Conversations of Heavy
... was, "Why do you speak Japanese?" Careful Brett, this kid may be smarter than you. "I studied a little bit before I came to Japan." Innocent and interested, "How long have you studied English for?" Ok, I am definitely smarter than him, good god he's ...
Hit the Circular Zebra
... instead of the target and it hurt. Kyudo, which literally means "the way of the bow," is one of the many martial arts in Japan. Other martial arts include kendo (the way of the sword), judo (the way of softness), karate (empty hand), bushido (the way of ...
The Anger Wave
... ; Greeting 1. Date 2009.4.3 (Fri) PM5:30 ~ 6:00 START. 2. Place NIKAHO ZAN-MAI 3. A fee 5,000 yen (I think that 5,000 yen do not go) ...
Badminton and Balloons.
... ;'cause the "t" and "d" do sound confusingly similar. But usually, it's my last name that's disfigured. The 7-11 of Japan is called Lawson, and since katakana (one of the three written forms) has no distinction between l's and r's, all of ...
Assassin of Youth
... and certain deportation. Personal relations with Mary Jane would have consequences you'd rather not think about. And so, since coming to Japan, I've maintained a distance more than safe from those who spark it up. Not that I was ever close to it ...
Sights at Leisure
Without a car, the pace at which I pass things is considerably slower. I bump into more students and people, stumble upon little-known good restaurants, and even get invited to church by fanatics. One day, I set off on foot to the local grocery store, ...
Deuces Wild: Crack Wind and Frogs
... with things, whethers its being angry at the boss and kicking the dog or impulse shopping. Eitherway, I'm actually talking about Japan -- that physical, visible, slab of land in between the Koreas and Seattle and on the same latitudinal line as ...
Obama is Known for Great Seafood
... , he'd walk into the teacher's office after class and say, "How many more states has Palin won?" The election also brings much happiness to Japan, or at least for one city. I just found out few days ago that there is a place in called Obama City in Fukui ...
This is Blue Captain.
In some ways, you get the best of several worlds by living in Akita. In one respect, we have little in the way of natural disasters. Hokkaido gets pooped on with tons of snowstorms and white-outs, Kyushu is frequented by hurricanes and typhoons, ...
Cats like Alex Shearer
Shearer's long kept secret is now mainstream news in Japan -- Cats like Alex Shearer. I was asked to prepare some material for a 7th grade class two days ago for the teaching point, "I live" vs. "He lives." So I decided that the easiest way to ...
Stormiga dagar vid havet
... , och vårt tåg hem var en och en halv timme försenat. Såhär spännande har alltså mina första dagar i Japan varit. Nu har jag återvänt till civilisationen (härmed klassas alla ställen med tillgång till internet som civiliserade) och ...
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