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Densha de Dan #9: Keisei Skyliner | Densha de Japan
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About Densha de Japan. January 29, 2012. Densha de Dan #9: Keisei Skyliner. I used to hate going to Narita Airport. Although it’s considered to be Tokyo’s main international airport, it’s nowhere. Near Tokyo. Compared to Haneda Airport, which is just a mere 20 minutes away from the city center, it used to take a. To get from Narita to Tokyo Station. Prior to July 2010, you had two main (railway) choices to get to Narita Airport: JR East’s Narita Express (NEX), and Keisei’s (old) Skyliner. But price and t...
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MAX Series Shinkansen to Retire in 2016 | Densha de Japan
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About Densha de Japan. October 29, 2011. MAX Series Shinkansen to Retire in 2016. Earlier this year, JR East announced that they would be retiring the MAX Series Shinkansen, which currently serves the Joetsu. The phase-out is slated to begin in July 2012, with a complete withdraw by 2016. The E1 and E4 Series Shinkansen are 8 to 16-car double-decker trains. Between the E4 and it’s double-deckered cousin, the slightly older E1, they run under the service name MAX, which stands for Multi-Amenity eXpress.
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Work venting (or: why am I not getting promoted?!) – translatory in tokyo
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An american J- E translator in tokyo writing about exploring the city and the travails of dating in a foreign country. Work venting (or: why am I not getting promoted? August 10, 2016. I’m currently really upset/unsettled about a work situation so I’m mostly going to vent about it. First, a nice positive update. My love life is currently going well. I have a boyfriend! Needless to say, I’ll be keeping my end and not dyeing my hair.). Told them about me. The person in charge of the game, who was Sena at t...
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Geisha, Interrupted: Requiem for Setsuden
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Laquo; another week, another montage. Santa Is Extremely Rich ». November 16, 2011. Live in Tokyo long enough, and you will start to think that neon is a naturally occurring color of the rainbow. Or at least you would have, before the power saving campaign that followed the Fukushima meltdown, before setsuden. . But then we did it. We all worked together and we did it. 0160;And suddenly it all didnt seem so impossible anymore. How awesomely lame that would be. And yet, that is how it is shaping up....
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“I will drink life to the lees” – translatory in tokyo
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An american J- E translator in tokyo writing about exploring the city and the travails of dating in a foreign country. 8220;I will drink life to the lees”. November 15, 2016. November 15, 2016. Written prior to the election. I have MANY THOUGHTS on that and a lot of worries, which I may get into at a later date.]. Oh my god, I finally have an entirely free weekend with no plans. None! Some of the things I’ve done in the past couple months:. Trained for and successfully ran my first ever race, a half mara...
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Musings on my past self and my family – translatory in tokyo
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An american J- E translator in tokyo writing about exploring the city and the travails of dating in a foreign country. Musings on my past self and my family. June 18, 2016. Two things have made me decide to go look at my old high school era blog and reread the entries there. One was the fact that my favorite manga of all time,. By CLAMP, is getting a sequel (and the first chapter came out this month! July 11, 2002:. CALLING OUT MANSPLAINING AT AGE 16, WHAT A BADASS. 8221; because I feel more secure and c...
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Masochistic friendship – translatory in tokyo
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An american J- E translator in tokyo writing about exploring the city and the travails of dating in a foreign country. September 19, 2016. But as I watched her beloved boyfriend leave her and it hit her in the gut, messing her up for years and possibly still to this day, as I witnessed friends storm out of her life (quite literally once, and supposedly that friend shouted “Good luck with. Don’t Call Me a Drama Queen! This really threw me and I went around to my closest friends and family members, showing...
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Why is the chase all that matters for guys, it seems? – translatory in tokyo
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An american J- E translator in tokyo writing about exploring the city and the travails of dating in a foreign country. Why is the chase all that matters for guys, it seems? September 13, 2016. I really don’t understand why… guys try so hard to hook you. And then once you’re hooked, they’re no longer interested. And then, slowly, it starts going downhill. It may take a few months but it will, inevitably it feels like. So yet again, I’m left blindsided by another guy who swerved away from a chance at...
