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Japanese Stereotypes Debunked

So, I started typing this, I didn’t get very far, the teacher sitting across from my desk dropped a bottle of blue pen ink between our desks.  He wasn’t able to reach it so I grabbed it for him.  Little did I know, it had opened and me grabbing it, completely covered my fingers in blue...
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America Needs These Things

      I know that Americans are very spoiled in technology and that we are becoming a “lazy society” but there are still some things that could make us even more lazy and it sounds just wonderful.  This list if mainly of first world problems, but I found it interesting and...
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JLPT Madness

Yesterday was my JLPT (Japanese language proficiency test) N3.  The highest level is N1 and the lowest level is N5.  N5 is basically survival Japanese.  You only know enough to ask where the toilet is, yet don’t know enough to understand the directions given to you.  N4 is...
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5 Things I Miss in Japan

So, there are a few things that I did not expect I would miss so much, while living in Japan.  I did not include things that I knew I would miss before coming to Japan, such as milk and pizza.  This list is a collective list of 5 things that actually surprise me in terms of how much I...
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Why Japanese Skaters are so Good

After having observed and skated in more than one location, I have figured out some things, and can safely say that I have figured out the reason for why Japan has always been one of the top countries when it comes to figure skating athletes.  Here are the reasons I have found:   1. More...
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5 Things Nearly Impossible to Find in Japan

I usually am not nostalgic about such things, but for some reason, there are just some items that you wonder why they just do not exist in Japan.  They don’t hurt anyway by existing, why do they not sell them?  I guess, people just don’t like them?  I really couldn’t tell ya’. ...
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First Impressions of Japanese Skating Rinks

I went Ice skating Saturday for the first time since the day I departed for Japan.  I thought things were going to be difficult and that I wouldn't remember much or my body just couldn't handle it, but all of that was wrong.  Am I sore everywhere?  Yes.  Do I have blisters?...
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5 Things Strangely Popular in Japan

I am not trying to say that Japan is a weird or strange place, I am just saying that from a foreign perspective, these things are not something that I would have expected to be a very popular thing here.   1. Highschool BaseballCurrently, there is a national baseball competition for all...
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Being Sick in Japan

So, I have been to Japan before.  I have many posts in detail of what I even did before.  Last year my husband got some sort of flu, and the year before that, I did not get sick at all.  I was in Japan a total of 4 weeks before.  Longer than I have been in Japan now.  I was...
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First 10 Impressions of Living in Japan

I have only been in Maebashi for less than one week, and already there are things that really stand out.  Here is my collective list of things that I have noticed or been shocked by since being here. 1. The trash system here is confusing I knew that the trash sorting thing is something to...
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