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The Japan Experience: It’s not a cold!: On colds, flu, hygiene, sanitation in Japan
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A record of experiences and cultural analyses of a study abroad student in Nagoya, Japan. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. It’s not a cold! On colds, flu, hygiene, sanitation in Japan. There are many discrepancies in the Japanese language that I have become aware of since being here, whether it’s words with double, conflicting meanings, or just plain lack of clarity. One of the hardest to discern happens to be kaze, what we are taught to understand as a cold. A couple times a week, it seems, I overhear the ...
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The Japan Experience: W the Japan, W the Fun
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A record of experiences and cultural analyses of a study abroad student in Nagoya, Japan. Friday, March 4, 2011. W the Japan, W the Fun. With my recent spree of rant posts, I feel the need to lighten things up a bit (just in case more ranting will ensue in the near future). It took me several months before I recognized a perfect example of Japanese innovation (? With incorporating English into daily life. I only realized this after seeing a commercial for laundry detergent where the only thing the lady s...
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The Japan Experience: May 2011
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A record of experiences and cultural analyses of a study abroad student in Nagoya, Japan. Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Japanese Traffic Stop: Who needs patrol cars anyway? One of the most unique occurrences I bore witness to happened within my first month in Japan. I was returning home from my local ward office (kind of like a town hall) after obtaining my foreigner registration card, and I could not believe what unfolded right before my very eyes. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Japan Experience: October 2010
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A record of experiences and cultural analyses of a study abroad student in Nagoya, Japan. Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Tribute to a Friend: Not to be forgotten. It takes but a moment for everything you knew to change. This week the unforeseeable happened and my short year of studies in Japan became undesirably prolonged, not in actual length but perspective. So many funny stories and goofy antics; they just don’t come in quite the variety Dylan so easily provided. It’s something we’ll...It’s worth mo...
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The Japan Experience: March 2011
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A record of experiences and cultural analyses of a study abroad student in Nagoya, Japan. Sunday, March 13, 2011. Experiencing the earthquake from Nagoya. When I came to Japan, I had anticipated experiencing an earthquake. It's something one should expect when planning a long term stay in one of the earth's most seismically active countries. Things calmed again, and life resumed its regular pace. People around me were unfazed. When I resumed my spot in the lab, I immediately checked for updates. My g...
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The Japan Experience: Failure of Priorities: Examining Japanese news
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A record of experiences and cultural analyses of a study abroad student in Nagoya, Japan. Sunday, February 27, 2011. Failure of Priorities: Examining Japanese news. As a student of journalism, I have a tendency to analyze news critically. What I observed yesterday on the evening news frustrated me greatly. Instead of spending that time wisely, last night NHK spent the first 15 minutes out of the 30 minute broadcast on a single story of cheating on a college entrance exam. College entry in Japan is quite ...
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The Japan Experience: Endings are only new beginnings
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A record of experiences and cultural analyses of a study abroad student in Nagoya, Japan. Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Endings are only new beginnings. As you might have inferred from my lack of posts this last month, I am no longer in Japan. One of the biggest study abroad programs). Our early return was arranged in conjunction with our program insurance, and our departments have been working very hard to arrange for the correct appropriation of credit where it is due. I departed that Saturday morning fro...
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The Japan Experience: Experiencing the earthquake from Nagoya
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A record of experiences and cultural analyses of a study abroad student in Nagoya, Japan. Sunday, March 13, 2011. Experiencing the earthquake from Nagoya. When I came to Japan, I had anticipated experiencing an earthquake. It's something one should expect when planning a long term stay in one of the earth's most seismically active countries. Things calmed again, and life resumed its regular pace. People around me were unfazed. When I resumed my spot in the lab, I immediately checked for updates. My g...
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The Japan Experience: Hokkaido Trip Day 1: Luminaries at Otaru
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A record of experiences and cultural analyses of a study abroad student in Nagoya, Japan. Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Hokkaido Trip Day 1: Luminaries at Otaru. The moment we surfaced we simultaneously blurted, “Holy crap. It’s winter! 8221; The ice encrusted sidewalks, towering snow banks and biting wind chill were much more what we had all been accustomed to growing up in the Midwest. Don't forget, more photos over here: https:/ picasaweb.google.com/utter.chaos13. Questions, disagreements, complaints?
