Far East Cynic

Bang the drum.

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

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Funny, 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

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For 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. (

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For 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. (

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Highlights from Japan’s Weekly Shukan’s or Tabloids

Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction……. Subscribe in a reader

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Highlights from Japan's Weekly Shukan's or Tabloids

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Arnold 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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