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Japan - as I know it: Nomikai (drink parties)
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Japan - as I know it. Random thoughts from my experiences in the land of the rising sun. Thursday, April 4, 2013. Nomikai (drink party) -. Is one aspect of the Japanese work culture that I am still kind of getting used to. I remember my first nomikai. Quite distinctly - why? That was one long long evening. It makes me sad that my "first lesson on the Japanese culture" proved to be wrong. I wonder if the people who say such things are really drunk enough to not know what they are doing? What do you think?
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Japan - as I know it: June 2015
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Japan - as I know it. Random thoughts from my experiences in the land of the rising sun. Saturday, June 6, 2015. THE BOOKWORM - TOKYO (New/Used Books and Toy Store). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Japanese Language Learning Resources. Jap - Eng Dictionary. Excellent Grammar Learning Resource. Hotaru no Hikari (Glow of the fireflies). I am sure you must have heard this one music at closing time (see the link at the end of this para) in shops, department stores, s. Celebrating life - no matter what (the age).
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Japan - as I know it
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Japan - as I know it. Random thoughts from my experiences in the land of the rising sun. Saturday, June 6, 2015. THE BOOKWORM - TOKYO (New/Used Books and Toy Store). September 10, 2015 at 11:18 AM. That makes a really neat bookmark. Thank you. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Japanese Language Learning Resources. Jap - Eng Dictionary. Excellent Grammar Learning Resource. Hotaru no Hikari (Glow of the fireflies). Celebrating life - no matter what (the age). Finding your way around the streets of Tokyo.
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Japan - as I know it: Departure (death) - a way of life?
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Japan - as I know it. Random thoughts from my experiences in the land of the rising sun. Friday, April 19, 2013. Departure (death) - a way of life? I have never had a chance to talk about death with a Japanese and so all that I write here is purely what I understand from the movie, which I assume is a true picture of the Japanese culture and belief. (If not, I would love to receive inputs from my Japanese friends, that is if they don't mind talking about it ) and also from what I have read on the web.
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Japan - as I know it: Hotaru no Hikari (Glow of the fireflies)
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Japan - as I know it. Random thoughts from my experiences in the land of the rising sun. Monday, April 25, 2011. Hotaru no Hikari (Glow of the fireflies). Http:/ classic-midi.com/midi player/uta/uta hotaru.htm. Means "times gone by") - is a Scots song written by Robert Burns, set to the tune of a traditional folk song and is very popular in the 'English speaking world' ( quoted from Wikipedia. The Japanese version ' Hotaru no Hikari. And forms one of the more recognisable tunes in Rabindra Sangeet. Lyric...
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Japan - as I know it: April 2011
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Japan - as I know it. Random thoughts from my experiences in the land of the rising sun. Thursday, April 28, 2011. Honne and Tatemae - two sides of the same coin. Is a person's true feelings and desires, whereas Tatemae. Literally means 'facade' or the behavior or opinion that one displays in public (quoted from Wikipedia). These two words are considered to be of immense importance in the Japanese society and pretty much define the behavior of the country's people, when dealing with their peers. Honne.
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Japan - as I know it: I love my chai (tea)...
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Japan - as I know it. Random thoughts from my experiences in the land of the rising sun. Sunday, April 21, 2013. I love my chai (tea). A blog on Japan and we are discussing tea.strange? I know it is.but this is one of the few aspects of living and working in Japan that I struggled the most with.ha ha! You can very well imagine my plight when I realized during my very first visit to Japan, that my dearest friend, my Chai was nowhere to be found. Green tea is low in calories and is a rich source of vitamin...
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Japan - as I know it: December 2011
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Japan - as I know it. Random thoughts from my experiences in the land of the rising sun. Monday, December 19, 2011. Cracking under the strain - the rising suicide rates in Japan. It makes me a bit sad to write about this topic, but write I must.now that I am sharing experiences from my life In Japan.This is something which I experience almost every other day in my life in Tokyo.train accidents or " Jinshin Jikou. But it has become a way of life here. When I started my life in Japan almost a decade ago, s...
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Japan - as I know it: April 2013
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Japan - as I know it. Random thoughts from my experiences in the land of the rising sun. Thursday, April 25, 2013. Japanese tea ceremony - an art and a form of meditation. I first experienced the "Japanese tea ceremony" or " Sado". My friend's family has a "chashitsu". Or tea-room in their house with a proper " ro". The room had this beautiful " Tokonoma". An alcove), which i was told, is the most important part of a tea-room. It had a "kakejiku". Hanging scroll) hung inside, with a "chabana". Considerin...
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Japan - as I know it: Geisha & Devdasi - mirror images?
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Japan - as I know it. Random thoughts from my experiences in the land of the rising sun. Thursday, April 11, 2013. Geisha and Devdasi - mirror images? I happened to read "Memoirs of a Geisha" a few months ago and have been kind of intrigued by the uncanny resemblance the Geisha has with Devdasis or "Kalavantis" (as they were popularly known in ancient times) of the south Indian folklore. Shamisen), etc. Both went on to become professional entertainers, the only difference being that Geisha performed ...
