life in japan – The Worlds Outside

One Year in Japan

A year ago today, I stepped off a plane into the feverish Osaka summer. I got lost, failed to understand conversations and had to flee

I’ve learnt a lot about Japan in the last nine months, as I’ve got to grips with life in an unfamiliar society. I’ve written about

Hey y’all citizens of the internet. No big intro this time- I’m of a sunny disposition this week, so I figured I’d write a bit

‘There’s the Japanese- and then there’s everybody else’. After I started the ball rolling on moving to Japan, I heard this one friendly warning time

At the end of my shift, I tear off my tie and loose my collar; shopkeepers shuffle raiments for the evening crowds. Pachinko parlours swallow

I’m writing this on the last day of September. Last night, there was a definite chill in the air, and this morning, a typhoon was

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