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The Peanut Gallery: Boy bands, they're everywhere...
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View my complete profile. Visual Anthropology of Japan. For What It's Worth. ZZa: Lost in Japan. Is that you on the net. Boy bands, theyre everywhere. Thursday, December 4, 2008. Boy bands, they're everywhere. When I first came to Japan, my knowledge of Japanese music consisted of anime theme songs, game soundtracks, and Gackt. Boy bands kind of fell out of style in the US, but here in Japan they remain some of the most popular and most famous people in the entertainment world. SMAP. When I was in Tokyo ...
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The Peanut Gallery: A Different Kind of Sport
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View my complete profile. Visual Anthropology of Japan. For What It's Worth. ZZa: Lost in Japan. Is that you on the net. What do I do? Caring for the Dead. Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls. A Different Kind of Sport. Wednesday, November 5, 2008. A Different Kind of Sport. Japan is well-known for it's enthusiasm and dedication to team sports. In an earlier blog. I talked about my host brother and sister's school sports festival on Health and Sports Day. The fish we caught were all very small (with the...
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The Peanut Gallery: Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls...
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View my complete profile. Visual Anthropology of Japan. For What It's Worth. ZZa: Lost in Japan. Is that you on the net. What do I do? Caring for the Dead. Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls. A Different Kind of Sport. Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls. Gender is an endless topic in Japan if you look at pop culture, anime, manga, and various other media. I'm going to try and narrow it down a bit by discussing people that I interact with every day. I've also noticed that w...
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The Peanut Gallery: What do I do?
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View my complete profile. Visual Anthropology of Japan. For What It's Worth. ZZa: Lost in Japan. Is that you on the net. What do I do? Caring for the Dead. Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls. A Different Kind of Sport. Tuesday, November 25, 2008. What do I do? There are times where life's irony comes up and smacks you in the face, and this weekend proved to be a one-hit KO for me. My Visual Anthropology of Japan class watched a documentary film last week about Kimigayo. Does anybody ever get hurt?
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The Peanut Gallery: A little piece of home?
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View my complete profile. Visual Anthropology of Japan. For What It's Worth. ZZa: Lost in Japan. Is that you on the net. A little piece of home? Visiting the White Heron. Monday, October 20, 2008. A little piece of home? This week's theme is all about globalization in Japan- how the Japanese have adapted elements and practices from other cultures to fit their own tastes. The best evidence for this topic takes us back to an earlier topic we discussed: Popular Culture. Exactly why these movies and characte...
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The Peanut Gallery: A Better Understanding
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View my complete profile. Visual Anthropology of Japan. For What It's Worth. ZZa: Lost in Japan. Is that you on the net. Boy bands, theyre everywhere. Tuesday, December 9, 2008. It's not that simple. On a more personal note, last weekend my host family brought me to Wakayama. Nice reflection and nice final pictures. I am glad you had so many interesting and wonderful experiences in Japan - they came across in your blog. December 18, 2008 at 7:53 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Peanut Gallery: Undokai
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View my complete profile. Visual Anthropology of Japan. For What It's Worth. ZZa: Lost in Japan. Is that you on the net. A little piece of home? Visiting the White Heron. Monday, October 6, 2008. My host brother and sister's undokai was postponed because of the rain on Sunday and I wasn't able to attend the rescheduled day, but on Saturday we went to watch an undokai at a middle school down the street from our house. The festival was a big family event, and even the parents got to participate. They c...
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The Peanut Gallery: Caring for the Dead
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View my complete profile. Visual Anthropology of Japan. For What It's Worth. ZZa: Lost in Japan. Is that you on the net. What do I do? Caring for the Dead. Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls. A Different Kind of Sport. Monday, November 17, 2008. Caring for the Dead. If you ask people in Japan what their religion is, chances are they will tell you that they have no religion. Shinto. And flowers to place in the butsudan. Statues. My host mother told me that they were the guardians of children that we...
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AnthroLOLogy: Japanese Pop Culture
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All i understand is that i don't understand. All entries are complete. The most recent entries are at the top, so if you are here for the first time, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and work your way up. It makes for a better read. このブログを日本語に翻訳しています。お読みになる方はそのままでお読みになりたかったら、 こちら. Wednesday, October 8, 2008. Image borrowed from http:/ www.kilian-nakamura.com/. Have you seen these little black and white patchwork squares? They store text and other data as a matrix! In Gifu Prefecture, the Japa...
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AnthroLOLogy: Traditional Japan
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All i understand is that i don't understand. All entries are complete. The most recent entries are at the top, so if you are here for the first time, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and work your way up. It makes for a better read. このブログを日本語に翻訳しています。お読みになる方はそのままでお読みになりたかったら、 こちら. Friday, October 24, 2008. What year is it? So we're putting on the. Festival) last week, right? Yeah, me and my fellow townspeople were parading the local god around on the. So You Want To Kill Yourself. You should ...