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JAPAN LITE

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 27, 2007
Sitting on the dock of the . . . sea station
We were sailing through the Akinada island chain off Hiroshima Prefecture in the Seto Inland Sea looking for a place to drop anchor for the night. A secluded beach would be nice, or just a quiet cove.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 20, 2007
Getting to the bottom of the mystery of the moving pier
I was sitting in the back of my pickup truck talking to Mrs. Amano at the ferry port. My husband was driving and I was sitting in the back. As we passed the ferry terminal, Mrs. Amano flagged us down.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 13, 2007
Mammograms — with a little bit of sunshine
My neighbor Kazu-chan came over to my house for dinner the other night and while she was here said, "Amy, zannen. The hospital boat was just at the island next door giving free mammograms to women." We will have to go all the way to the mainland to get ours.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 6, 2007
Jumping mullets, it's the season for fire prevention!
Ahh, autumn on Shiraishi Island when I wake up to quacking ducks paddling around in the port in front of my house waiting for me to open the Duck Cafe.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 29, 2007
The encroach of empty-nest syndrome
Japan has taught me tolerance: I've become far too comfortable living with cockroaches. And they have gotten used to me too. I'd come home from work too tired to care about the dark configurations on the kitchen counter. When I turned the light on, they wouldn't even run. I'd then turn off the light,...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 22, 2007
The stars come out on Sports Day
In Japan "Fall is for reading," but on this island where there are no large print books, most people are too old to read anymore. This doesn't mean, however, that we are not healthy.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 15, 2007
All the dirt on life's ins and outs
This summer has been hotter and longer than most. But rather than fight it and hide indoors in the air conditioning, I just put on my bikini.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 8, 2007
Japanese-English holds key to Japan
I sleep with a purple hippo, a cow, and a dog. And now, Japan is finally making sense to me. For years this country had eluded me with its cute characters and mascots made to resemble animal-like something or others, and creative blobs with eyes and fuzzy ears representing new species of thingamajigs....
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 1, 2007
Adding insult to hot air at the Japanese BBQ
Some people blame global warming on farting cows, others blame it on farting vehicles. I blame it on Japanese BBQs.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 25, 2007
A sprint to keep up with the slow life
The people who work in our post office are, to use the politically correct term, "a little slow." Long before I moved to this island, the government had a plan that worked. They sent those workers who were "a little slow," to work on a small island where hardly anyone one lived and where they could do...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 18, 2007
Are island people an endangered species?
The passing of O-bon (the festival of the dead), seems an appropriate time to reflect on the declining population in Japan. While the population continues to decline, depopulation is also occurring in farming communities and on Japan's small islands. As an islander myself, I am confronted with the question:...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 11, 2007
Laughing it up for the Mountain God
I woke up at 6 a.m. to laughter coming from outside my window. Why would people get up so early to laugh? Then it hit me — I was supposed to be out there too.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 4, 2007
Nuptial hopeful livens up the island
Man-chan and Kio-chan are my favorite Funky Old People who come to the Moooo! Bar on the beach. Local historians and the island's unofficial welcome party for tourists, they come to the bar hoping to meet some interesting gaijin. And gaijin come to the Moooo! Bar in hopes of meeting Man-chan and Kio-chan....
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 28, 2007
Marine Day sets off startling new theory on global terrorism
As you know, the national holiday on July 16, called Marine Day, has come and gone. Or, to be more correct, it came in on the typhoon and left on the typhoon.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 21, 2007
What's your Hokey Pokey biography?
So, where are you from? How old are you? What are your hobbies? What do you like sports? How long stay Japan? Tired of answering questions? Really?
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 14, 2007
Bathhouse dress codes, or tell Yo! mama, no army boots!
The Japanese are exporting one of their greatest commodities — sleep. Or at least the idea of it. The Japanese are masters of the power nap, and at any time of day you can see entire extended families sleeping while sitting upright on the train. A raise of an eyebrow at each stop is enough to make...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 7, 2007
How a look out to sea can help you determine lodging rates
Just as I was jogging down the beach past Amano-san's house, I saw her in her yard with a hoe, turning up the grass. I winced each time the hoe cut into the ground, digging up another patch of green, but she was working very hard at this. I suppose dirt is easier to take care of.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 30, 2007
The trouble with foreigners — wayward ways amid the regiment
Renting rooms to foreigners can be a sensitive subject for many minshuku owners in Japan. It's not that the owners can't speak English, nor that they don't like foreigners. Through the years, I've gotten to know some minshuku owners and have learned that foreigners can indeed be a bit mendokusai (troublesome)...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 23, 2007
'Rub hotels': Vegas in a box
I made a recent discovery: love hotels! Not dirty, sleazy hotels on the other side of the tracks, but hotels that are cleaner than a "minshuku," cheaper than a business hotel and located near the main shopping district. What's love got to do with it? Nothing, necessarily.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 16, 2007
Father's Day gifts on 100 yen
Dear Dad,
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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