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Eating Right, Excercise, and Japanese Sea Aliens: Keys to a Healthy Life in Japan

September 2, 2010

As my stress levels continue to rise from an unknown reason, I thought I’d jot down some ideas for how to live healthy in Japan. Not really, I’m just sharing some more pictures of Japanese stuff, because it’s interesting Above alien thing is on the shelf at one of my favorite restaurants. Unfortunately, it’s not [...]

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I Swallowed a Camera, Wanna See Inside My Stomach?

August 28, 2010

You can’t resist a title like that, can you? I had some capsule endoscopy action going on. Or as they say in the business, a stomach camera. That’s right! I went to a doctor, numbed up my throat and they shoved a big tube down it. As far as the procedure goes, I wouldn’t wish [...]

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Ice Cream Caps, Razor Blades, and Scary Japanese Gum

August 25, 2010

With a headline like that, you must think I am a perfectly healthy, sane person. Nah, I just wanted to post on a bunch of random things and thoughts in Japan I’ve come across. Like the Ice Cream Cap above.

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Lots to Say and No Time to Say It

June 28, 2010

Busy, busy, busy, these days. But I know people are waiting for some kind of update, and I know that I owe it to them to give them one. Because blogs, really, are entertainment. No matter how the self-improvement gurus and other people selling similar stuff online want to spin it. In fact, I’m a [...]

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Teddy Bear Rocking out with Headphones

May 12, 2010

Sometimes a video is all you need. This is currently on the shelves of many department stores in Japan. I thought it was cute and silly enough to take a video of with my phone. Enjoy.

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Japanese Weddings, Toilets, and Snake Oil

April 25, 2010

I deserve an award for that title. That’s the sign outside the restrooms of a very big department store. I’m not a huge stickler on grammar, but I’m pretty sure something is missing (or extra) here.

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Japanese March Ketchup

April 19, 2010

That’s what the file says on my desktop. Either I was tired… Or I imagine I was trying to be clever to myself. In this case, it didn’t work. In any case, it’s been awhile since I blogged about my going ons in Japan. Don’t worry, life didn’t stop. I’m still alive. I just had [...]

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Natto, Fermented Beans in a Styrofoam Box Video

March 11, 2010

People were curious about what nattou (納豆) really looks like when I posted about it awhile back. So I made a video of me dissecting a container of it. Natto is a staple food for many in Japan, especially in the Kanto region. It’s made from fermented soybeans using the bacteria called Bacillus subtilis. It’s [...]

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For the record…

February 26, 2010

This arrived in the mail today. I think I mentioned the JLPT 2009 about 24 days ago This is the test result from that thing I took back at the beginning of December. Back when I interviewed Arthur Humphrey. Feels like ages ago already. Ah, Technology.

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