My father-in-law and I passed by this place the other day, and the name took me a little by surprise. While the spelling is a little different, I can’t help but wonder why anyone would want to go to a 2円 strip club with a name morbidly similar to “die”.
A few days ago, Kenji asked me a question that caught me a little off guard: Why don’t I write posts about Japan, anymore?
Japanese web pages are quite a bit different from their English-language equivalents. While the English sites tend to have become more flashy with lots of white space, Japanese sites tend to cram as much as possible into as small a space as they can. As a result, people who are unaccustomed to the Japanese way [...]
An odd thing happened on Friday: my “Get out of English Free” card didn’t work.
Friday evening, while I was making the trek from 本山駅 to 名古屋駅, I was stuck on the subway with a bunch of over-active high school girls. Like most high school girls, these kids were loud, laughing, and causing a scene. Being [...]
11.30.09 | Japan, Living in Japan, Working in Japan | Jason
Yesterday the Mrs. and I decided to head out into the great outdoors to see some lovely autumn foliage. The idea was one we had both been kicking around for a little while, and with both of us having Monday off, we decided that would be the best day of the week to head out [...]
Most of Japan was hit by a pretty big typhoon yesterday, and it had several million people preparing for the worst. That said, you wouldn’t know by looking at today’s sky.
Thousands spent the night at evacuation centers, and the Mrs. ensured we had our survival packs by the door in the event we’d be called [...]
Do you ever wonder about your neighbours? I wrote a few months ago about how one of my neighbours has the same camouflaging skills as a chameleon or ninja, and now this. It seems that someone who lives in the apartments across the street has way too much money available. Correct me if I’m wrong, [...]
09.24.09 | Home, Japan, Living in Japan | Jason
A few days ago I had mentioned that a client of mine has been considering a rather large career change and had asked me for some advice. I was ill-equipped to act as his career counselor, so opted to ask anyone who wanted to comment for their insight. That said, changing careers is something that [...]
09.7.09 | Business, Japan, Windows Mobile | Jason
The Mrs. and I were making our regular trek around the neighborhood when this lovely image came into view. Oddly enough, my cell phone was able to take this shot without turning out horrendously off color or out of focus. Oh, to have a cell phone with a camera capable of clear shots in low [...]
Every week I take a walk through 名古屋大学 (Nagoya University) on the way to a customer’s office, and every week I’m more amazed with what I find around the campus.
The school has some pretty intelligent people, and I talk to many who are on their way to a Ph.D. or Doctorate in astrophysics, environmental studies, [...]
Sixty-Four years have passed, but let’s never forget.
Many of us have never lived through the horrors of war, and let’s hope most of us never have to.
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Do you ever wonder about your neighbours? I wrote a few months ago about how one of my neighbours has the same camouflag...
Believe it or not, I had a terrible habit back in Canada. It wasn't one with drugs, alcohol, women, or even excessive ...
Over the last decade or so I've been battling a bunch of minor problems such as insomnia, headaches, chest pain, and blo...