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Last updated: April 20, 2006
 

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Nippon Pro Baseball exhibition game: Yomiuri Giants vs. Softbank Hawks. Tokyo Dome, Section 10, upper deck.

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Getting Here - Why n How!
 

There seems to be a common thread running through some of my travels; if I've visited a place enough times there's a good chance that I'll end up living there for a bit. I lived in San Diego for almost four years after having visited there four times before.

Review
Lively Up Yourself
 
Chalk and cheese. Salt and cornflakes. Some things are just not meant to go together and can make for an awful mess. However, some opposites can compliment each other. I once tried chocolate chilli at a Mexican restaurant, with great trepidation.
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My little white box
 
My little white box is small and light. My little white box looks like a medical device, an instrument of measurement for some unknown human condition or an add-on appendage for some greater hospital machine that enables the functioning of the whole system and which, if it were removed, would cause the patient to die.
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Signing On
 
There are many ways to get to Japan after graduating university, but the best known by far is the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program.
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Opinion
Whale of a tale to swallow
The Japanese marketplace may well be an ally to save the whale activists around the world ...
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A burger for dessert?
You walk out of Shibuya station, hungry for a good old fast food combo ...
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Ruv-ree Rita at the Yakuza Onsen
Before I came to Japan, I had always associated bath houses with ...
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Experiencing "The Panic"
 
What is "The Panic"?

It's that knee-knocking fear some Japanese people get in the presence of a foreigner. Estimates from the 2005 Census show that there are at about 2.5 million of us gaijin running around the place, so chances are your average Japanese person has run into at least a couple in their lifetime.

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The hospital stay
 
When I was offered a job in Japan, I immediately began preparing: dividing my possessions into "stuff to store" and "stuff to take," renewing mypassport, shopping for business-wear, and brushing up on my Japanese.

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Preserving the Past
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