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hippo by the sea: April 2011
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Hippo by the sea. This was a blog on what I saw through my Japanese eyes in America. Now it's a blog on what I see in Japan through my slightly Americanized Japanese eyes. Monday, April 25, 2011. A young boy's voice from iwate. Today, I read heartbreaking journal entries by Yuta Hakoishi, a twelve-year-old boy from Yamada, Iwate, a town that was severely damaged by the tsunami. Here's an English translation that I did on a whim (the original can be found here. March 11, 2011. March 18, 2011. I can't forg...
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hippo by the sea: japanese love
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Hippo by the sea. This was a blog on what I saw through my Japanese eyes in America. Now it's a blog on what I see in Japan through my slightly Americanized Japanese eyes. Sunday, August 21, 2011. Last month, on my mom's birthday, I posted the following as my Facebook status:. Happy Birthday, Mom, once the biggest enemy but always the biggest support and inspiration. I love you. Uh-huh," she said. Yeah, I just thought it would be only fair to share it with you because it's to you.". True, a part of me st...
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hippo by the sea: the lady at the store
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Hippo by the sea. This was a blog on what I saw through my Japanese eyes in America. Now it's a blog on what I see in Japan through my slightly Americanized Japanese eyes. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. The lady at the store. She looked a bit surprised, but then the smile returned and she said, "Oh, really? Where did you work? Up the hill. You know, you go straight by the bakery and make a left at the temple, then up the long stairs.". Oh yeah, I know what you're talking about.". Oh, I see.". Japanese, born a...
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hippo by the sea: May 2011
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Hippo by the sea. This was a blog on what I saw through my Japanese eyes in America. Now it's a blog on what I see in Japan through my slightly Americanized Japanese eyes. Thursday, May 5, 2011. Since a few months after I started living in San Francisco, on every Thursday, I would wait for a column to be up on one of my favorite websites, The Rumpus. The column is written by a woman named Sugar. The most terrible and beautiful and interesting things happen in a life. For some of you, those things hav...
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hippo by the sea: Taiwan, here I come.
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Hippo by the sea. This was a blog on what I saw through my Japanese eyes in America. Now it's a blog on what I see in Japan through my slightly Americanized Japanese eyes. Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Taiwan, here I come. Let's hope I won't get used to the sight of it before tomorrow morning. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The importance of being there: japanese work ethic. Taiwan, here I come. View my complete profile. I tumblr, too. I love public transportation. Life in san francisco.
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hippo by the sea: January 2011
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Hippo by the sea. This was a blog on what I saw through my Japanese eyes in America. Now it's a blog on what I see in Japan through my slightly Americanized Japanese eyes. Friday, January 28, 2011. Visiting is one thing, living is another. I've visited Japan several times for the past years, but all that time I lived. With your own culture, it's different. You know it all too well, and you expect it to be the same. And then it presents itself as quite unfamiliar. I feel Japan is cheating on me. One of my...
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hippo by the sea: January 2012
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Hippo by the sea. This was a blog on what I saw through my Japanese eyes in America. Now it's a blog on what I see in Japan through my slightly Americanized Japanese eyes. Thursday, January 5, 2012. Just another list of new year's resolution. My mom made the best rice balls with the best mentaiko and seaweed! 1 Read more books and watch more movies. Keep track of them. 2 Make more time to actually sit down and write. At least 2 hours a week. 3 Publish a story (or more). 4 Find more translation work.
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hippo by the sea: February 2011
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Hippo by the sea. This was a blog on what I saw through my Japanese eyes in America. Now it's a blog on what I see in Japan through my slightly Americanized Japanese eyes. Monday, February 28, 2011. On a cold rainy day, my friend took me to Costco. It was my very first time to visit a Japanese Costco. Funny how a mixture of two familiars can be disorienting; all those Japanese products in a huge warehouse interior I've known from California for long. Costco and McDonald's. What an American day it was!
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hippo by the sea: March 2011
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Hippo by the sea. This was a blog on what I saw through my Japanese eyes in America. Now it's a blog on what I see in Japan through my slightly Americanized Japanese eyes. Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Monday, March 21, 2011. What i learned from miyazaki. We have to create to reach out, not for our own satisfaction. Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Dead and alive, living and dying. Do you remember her? My aunt asked, pointing at me. It'd been five years since I'd last seen grandma. A realization hit me, and I said, th...
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hippo by the sea: December 2011
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Hippo by the sea. This was a blog on what I saw through my Japanese eyes in America. Now it's a blog on what I see in Japan through my slightly Americanized Japanese eyes. Friday, December 23, 2011. In Japan, Santa Claus doesn't leave presents underneath the Christmas tree. Instead, he leaves them by your pillow. Wait, we don't. For days, this kept me wondering and worried. I asked my mother, and she just told me he would find a way. On the night of Christmas Eve, I went to bed, thinking I would ...In th...
