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Bakuon Film Festival 2009: Kichijoji, Tokyo, Japan
The Bakuon Film Festival began over the weekend. The premise of this festival is simple and evident from the 12-foot high speakers stacked on both sides of the screen: Maximum Audio Blast! I had the g… more →
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Bakuon Film Festival 2009: Kichijoji, Tokyo, Japan
jgrefe wrote 6 months ago: The Bakuon Film Festival began over the weekend. The premise of this festival is simple and evident … more →
生活習慣病：Lifestyle [Lifestyle-Related] Disease(s) (Musing)
jgrefe wrote 10 months ago: I have gotten back into the mode of studying Japanese on a daily basis. I recently learned this nift … more →
Ken Tanaka + Mari Araki
jgrefe wrote 10 months ago: Eyeslit-Crypt favorite, Ken Tanaka, has made a new video in which he encounters a seemingly random J … more →
50 Ways to Increase Your Japanese Language Ability (Study Techniques)
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jgrefe wrote 1 year ago: I have been studying Japanese for eight years. The first three years I studied at a university in th … more →
Ken Tanaka: Jacob the Happy Rabbit 2
jgrefe wrote 1 year ago: Here at The Eyeslit-Crypt, we appreciate the work of the ever-busy, Ken Tanaka. In a recent (or rela … more →
Japanicity: Notes on Akihabara
jgrefe wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia It’s not that I dislike the area of Tokyo known as “Akihabara. … more →
Oden with Tanaka, Ken
jgrefe wrote 1 year ago: It was a rainy and slightly muggy Tuesday evening as I caught up with Ken Tanaka in Tokyo’s Sh … more →
Shiritori and Connection
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jgrefe wrote 1 year ago: Today I observed two people playing the game known as “Shiritori.” I was not involved in … more →
Japanicity: Three Questions w/ Ken Tanaka （田中けんさんとミツの質問）
jgrefe wrote 1 year ago: “Three Questions” is a song by the Kentucky based musician Bonnie “Prince” B … more →
Spoken and Unspoken Japanese
jgrefe wrote 1 year ago: I move between two languages on a daily basis, English and Japanese. When I say that I “move b … more →
The Inhuman Radiance of the Industrial Habitat
jgrefe wrote 1 year ago: One of my first impressions of Japan was the color green, but not just any kind of green. The green … more →
The Japanicity of Ken Tanaka and the Social Media Community of Youtube
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jgrefe wrote 1 year ago: As stated on his Youtube “helpmefindparents” profile, “Ken Tanaka lives in a reali … more →
The Japanicity of Hiro Nakamura: Where is Tadanobu Asano When You Need Him?
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jgrefe wrote 1 year ago: Image by seiho via FlickrMy first reaction to Masi Oka’s character Hiro Nakamura on the TV sho … more →
An Explication of Bernard Rudofsky’s On Language from “The Kimono Mind: An Informal Guide to Japan and the Japanese”
jgrefe wrote 1 year ago: Upon entering into a Japanese conversation with a native-Japanese speaker, one may find oneself at a … more →
