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世論 What Japan Thinks

nobody@vox.com(moebly) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:28:34 +0900

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Vox Hunt: A Real Genius

nobody@vox.com(moebly) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:00:00 +0900

Show us a musical genius. I choose Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim. I don't usually like techno music, but I have loved his music since the first time I heard it, about ten years ago. He has a real talent for seemlessly piecing together se...

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Kimono Sighting

nobody@vox.com(moebly) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:00:00 +0900

Each year, it’s getting harder and harder to see people wearing kimono in public. They’ve always been hard to put on, and over the years, even a simple kimono has become fairly expensive. Nowadays, there are few people you are willing to go to th...

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Wii! Exercising Is Fun Again!

nobody@vox.com(moebly) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:00:00 +0900

After all of the eating and drinking I did over the winter holidays, I managed to go back to work one pound lighter than I was before the start of the winter holidays, and I’ve managed to keep the weight off. I attribute this to the Wii Fit. Over...

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Mallets and Mochi

nobody@vox.com(moebly) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:30:00 +0900

I’m feeling full and content, but a little sore after making "mochi" at Amy’s school today. Mochi is hardened cakes of edible rice paste, that’s made from pounding piles of steamed rice until it forms a substance somewhat thicker, and a lot stick...

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Picking Poppies and Daffodils in January

nobody@vox.com(moebly) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:30:00 +0900

Just after sunrise, all five of us hoped into Aki’s dad’s car, and we went for a drive to the seaside town of Chikura, on the other side of Tokyo Bay, in Chiba Prefecture. Instead of making the lengthy drive around the bay, we took the Tokyo Bay ...

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Japanese Culture Lab Video: Sushi

nobody@vox.com(moebly) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:30:00 +0900

Here is a short video in Japanese with English subtitles about sushi, made by the Japanese comedy troupe, "Ramens" (ラーメンズ). Don't take the advice in it too seriously! You may recognize the guy with the glasses and pony tail in the video, as the g...

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No Turkey Here

nobody@vox.com(moebly) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:00:00 +0900

For the past three days we’ve been dining on “osechi ryori”: traditional Japanese New Year’s cuisine. "osechi ryori" is a collection of dried, boiled or pickled seafood, vegetables, and other non-preishable foods; served up in a multi-tiered, lac...

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No Bowl Games Here

nobody@vox.com(moebly) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:30:00 +0900

We don’t have any bowl games to entertain us over the New Year’s holidays, but that doesn’t mean that there is a lack of sporting competitions on Japanese TV. There’s an annual K-1 kickboxing-martial arts tournament on New Year’s Eve, and the fin...

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Prayer and Cotton Candy

nobody@vox.com(moebly) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:30:00 +0900

In keeping with Japanese tradition, we all went to our local shrine today, to pray for happiness and prosperity in the new year, to get some lucky charms, and to get your fortune told for the next 12 months. To get your fortune, you shake an oc...

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