Are you ready for the next disaster?
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TtoE Summer Soup
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What I Miss About Nagoya
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Karuizawa St. Paul's Catholic Church 軽井沢聖パウロカトリック教会
Historic institution, fascinating back story
on Aug 30
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What unusual items do you have in your emergency bag?
In honor of Disaster Prevention Day and further to the preparedness articles I just wrote, I am curious: what item/s do you have in your emergency bag aka disaster preparedness kit, that might not be common nationwide?
11 hours ago
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Reflections on our home countries after living in Japan
I think one thing living in Japan has given me is an appreciation of things my country does really well, and things it doesn't do so well in comparison to here. For instance, I think Australia is great with annual leave entitlements. You get four weeks automatically (some workplaces offer even more!) and there's not any guilt associated with taking it. Something we don't do so well is public transport. I know that Australia is a massive country, but there has been talk of creating a high speed rail option from Melbourne to Sydney for ages, and nothing has ever come of it. It's basically an 8 hour drive or flying. Also, inner city trains are regularly not on time. What are the things you think your home country does better or worse than Japan?
on Aug 26
8 Answers
Can we still include hotlinks in our blog posts?
I noticed that I can't insert hot links in blog posts today, August 25th. Is this feature working for you?
on Aug 25
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The most underrated thing(s) about life in Japan?
I'm curious to get some of your thoughts. I know there's a lot on social media about Japan that is perhaps overrated, but I'd love to get your opinions of what is underrated about life in Japan. One that came to mind for me is the cost of glasses/eyewear. My entire family are glasses/contacts wearers, and we can get glasses here so much cheaper than in my home country. Let me know your thoughts!
on Aug 7
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