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Get Your Fresh Crab Eggs Here2 comments

びっくり wrote 1 week ago: One dear friend sometimes says, “Those Japanese – they’ll eat anything!” Alt … more →

Tags: 生活と文化(life and culture), observations, Personal, 写真*photos, Chinese, crab, delicacy, Eggs, Fat

Change Can be Good1 comment

びっくり wrote 2 weeks ago: Tempura Sakamoto (天ぷらさか本) in front of Tsu Shinmachi Station (津新町駅) is my favorite restaurant. Numero … more →

Tags: observations, del.icio.us, Food, Japan, Mie, organic, reasonable, Restaurant, Tempura

Why Do They Get More?

びっくり wrote 2 weeks ago: Recent discussions around school lunch portions in the staff room generated a lot of ideas; however, … more →

Tags: observations, 学校 (public school), Japan, portion, Rajneeshpuram, School Lunch

Sunday Soundcheck 60

びっくり wrote 1 month ago: Let’s finish up the M column this week with mo, written in hiragana as も and katakana as モ. Fe … more →

Tags: Personal, observations, 日本語 (Japanese), 生活と文化(life and culture), Sunday Soundcheck, Japan, Coffee, dictionary, map

What I Don't Know1 comment

びっくり wrote 1 month ago: Ever heard the phrase, “What I don’t know could fill an encyclopedia?” Or perhaps, … more →

Tags: Personal, observations, Books, Humor, Japan, Tolkien, sloe, Fruit, Gin

What's Not Getting Done3 comments

びっくり wrote 1 month ago: Recently there have been so many activities to join and I am still trying to rest my body, hence a l … more →

Tags: Personal, 観光(sightseeing), Japan, ISE, Mie, Guy Fawkes, convalescing

Don't Eat There2 comments

びっくり wrote 1 month ago: Upon first coming to Japan, I often heard foreigners say things like: It is rude to eat while standi … more →

Tags: Personal, observations, 生活と文化(life and culture), 鉄道・電車(railways/trains)

Teacher's Snack

びっくり wrote 2 months ago: School offices have refrigerators where the teachers keep their lunches, drinks, and – well … more →

Tags: Personal, 学校 (public school), 写真*photos, Japan

Grinding Away

びっくり wrote 2 months ago: Met my sweetie’s dad at the Tsu Festival (津祭り) today. We watched the large dance groups (よさこい) … more →

Tags: Personal, observations, 生活と文化(life and culture), 写真*photos, Japan, Festival, sweet potato, cell phone, Coffee

Maple Bars

びっくり wrote 2 months ago: Calorie Mate is a kind of energy bar, that labels itself “Balanced Food”, from Otsuka Ph … more →

Tags: observations, Japan, Circle K, Apple, Chocolate, Canada, calorie mate, maple, Potato

Getting Together

びっくり wrote 3 months ago: Our city employs about 20 Assistant Language Teachers: approximately half of them are hired through … more →

Tags: observations, 学校 (public school), bacon, Teamwork, Magic

Laundry in a Typhoon

びっくり wrote 4 months ago: Trials keep piling up, but I just have to let them all go. Two days ago, I saw a notice about Typhoo … more →

Tags: Personal, Humor, Japan, typhoon, ISE, laundry, Guiness, Fish and Chips

Can You Catch It?

びっくり wrote 5 months ago: Twas the question asked of me by the owners of Naniwa Noren (浪花のれん) under Hisai station (久居駅) as I c … more →

Tags: Personal, observations, 日本語 (Japanese), 鉄道・電車(railways/trains), Humor, Japan, rain, Delay, osaka

Lucky Me2 comments

びっくり wrote 6 months ago: I like to fight with my girlfriend about many things. Here are some examples. “I’m a ver … more →

Tags: 習字・書道 (Shuji/Shodo), 観光(sightseeing), Humor, Personal, Birthday, Girlfriend, ISE, Japan, Love

Embracing the New Life2 comments

びっくり wrote 6 months ago: Moving to Ise meant that I would face a commute everyday. Generally I wasn’t too concerned by … more →

Tags: Personal, observations, 生活と文化(life and culture), 観光(sightseeing), Cycling, Japan, ISE, porridge, Mie

Can't Make Up Your Mind?

びっくり wrote 6 months ago: Can’t make up your mind? If you live in Japan, that’s OK. I returned home to my new apar … more →

Tags: Personal, Japan, ISE, Beer, Mie, Internet, Aoki's Pizza, Canada

Final (?) Update4 comments

びっくり wrote 7 months ago: Today my girlfriend and her mom went to Ise and scrubbed down the empty apartment. Her father and I … more →

Tags: observations, Personal, Japan, ISE, Tsu, Future, relationship, house, apartment

Far Butt2 comments

びっくり wrote 8 months ago: Tomorrow is ensoku (遠足) with third graders. We might translate this as ‘field trip’; alt … more →

Tags: Personal, 学校 (public school), 生活と文化(life and culture), Humor, Girlfriend, train, tradition, walk, lunch

Sunday Soundcheck 42

びっくり wrote 9 months ago: Second entry for the ‘H’ column brings us to hi, written in hiragana as ひ, and katakana … more →

Tags: 日本語 (Japanese), Sunday Soundcheck, Japan, test, Vocabulary, Exam, lunch


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