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A Canadian in Japan writes about cultural differences, places of interest around Tokyo, food, drink and whatever else seems interesting at the time. Updates Mondays and Thursdays (typically).

Thursday, 16 October 2014

That moment when you're studying kanji....

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...and you discover that the character for "juice" (汁) is the same as the kanji for "pus". You realize that you can ne...
Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Adaptation to frequent natural disasters

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A while ago, someone asked me what kinds of natural disasters we have in Canada. I had to think about it for a while before tentatively resp...
Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Modified Otsu

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About two weeks ago, I decided to try making something with soba noodles, but didn't want to just go for some cold soba. So I searched ...
Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Things that Japan does really well: refillable everything!

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So I've definitely complained about a lot of the weird package designs or the weather or various day to day things . However, I do th...
Thursday, 21 August 2014

In which I complain about the weather

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Before I moved here, I would chat with daid a fair bit and when he'd complain about the summer in Tokyo, I'd complain about the summ...
Monday, 18 August 2014

Taking the wrong train and the fun times that ensue

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There are many different train lines and companies in and around Tokyo. Typically, each train has its own stop on its own platform or on a p...
Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Sorry for the neglect!

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Apparently when I have issues with one post (my phone didn't save it) and the discover a book series I can't put down (observe the e...
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