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Green Pieces: April 13th, 2009By ToraTora; For foreigners, Japan seems quite often to be a place of paradoxes. Contradictory values seem to hit us in the nose every time we set foot in a populated, densely packed area. More people means more advertising, and in modern Japan, where the product dictates life and consumer value seems to be the prevailing ideology, » Continue Reading; CommentsComments

Japanese Whisky: March 16th, 2009By ToraTora; photo credit: digs86 Ah, yes, after a hard day of chasing 8-year olds around a classroom trying to retrieve my markers and diagrams back, I love the smooth taste of a fine gentleman’s refreshment, with the zingy aftertaste and the rich aroma that floats around your head. In other words, I » Continue Reading; CommentsComments

Am I a Cat?: February 17th, 2009By ToraTora; photo credit: namflic I know the title of this entry sounds pretty pretentious, but that’s intentional. The seminal work of Natsume Soseki (who used to appear on the 1000 yen note until 2004), works on many levels as both an innovative literary device (the narrator is a cat), and as a » Continue Reading; CommentsComments

Valentine’s? White Day? No, Taxes!: January 30th, 2009By ToraTora; photo credit: ANATOLI AXELROD For those of us who have ever taken a trip to the tax office, forms in hand, preparing for the headaches and grinding teeth and shuffling through the mounds of paperwork we are carrying, heading to the tax office in order to adjust your taxes feels like heading to the » Continue Reading; CommentsComments

Shakespeare in Japan – Beyond Being Simply “Foreign” Literature: January 28th, 2009By ToraTora; Shakespeare has become nearly a household name here in Japan, and even in Tohoku, as more and more artists experiment with the themes the Bard presented 500 years ago, using them as a template for their own growth as playwrights and storytellers. Obviously, this is echoed in the western countries that were exposed to Shakespeare » Continue Reading; CommentsComments

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