Taiko Drum that is. I’ve signed up to learn how to play the traditional Japanese taiko drum. ??. For the next month I go twice a week and then a group us will play during Bon Odori. That can only mean one thing: ITS SUM, SUM, SUMMERTIME!!! The rainy season
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Finally, Sakura wo sakimasu! The Cherry Blossoms are blooming!
Its about 2 weeks later than normal, but the Cherry Blossoms are finally here! The trees across the street from my office, whose buds have been shut up tighter than a nun’s ass for the last month, are finally showing signs of opening. By the weekend I am sure that
Continue readingFunny, I never met any girls like this…wonder where they are all hiding?
Reuters published an article saying Japanese girls do not want to get married. Those are the types of girls I should have met. My experience here has been quite the opposite. All the girls I met, enjoyed their single life, but at some point they always exerted that subtle pressure
Continue readingFor those in Japan, here’s something really interesting
Here in Japan, every weekday at 12:20, they have a TV show on NHK called ???????Polite way to say, Its Noon!). Now the meat and the potatoes of the show is the kind of mundane panel discussions that are way too prevalent on Japanese TV in my humble opinion. (
Continue readingFor those in Japan, here's something really interesting
Here in Japan, every weekday at 12:20, they have a TV show on NHK called ???????Polite way to say, Its Noon!). Now the meat and the potatoes of the show is the kind of mundane panel discussions that are way too prevalent on Japanese TV in my humble opinion. (
Continue readingHighlights from Japan’s Weekly Shukan’s or Tabloids
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Continue readingHighlights from Japan's Weekly Shukan's or Tabloids
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Continue readingArnold working the crowd at a recent function in Tokyo
He gave a great speech and I was impressed! Subscribe in a reader
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