Comments for Japaners.com http://japaners.com Life In Japan - Sort Of... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:09:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Top 3 Japanese Good Luck Charms by azumarisan http://japaners.com/top-5-japanese-good-luck-charms/2007/12/29/#comment-30 azumarisan Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:41:55 +0000 http://japaners.com/?p=13#comment-30 It's an omamori, you can get it from the shrines in Japan. It has a little piece of paper with a good luck notation inside. There are all different kinds, one for romance, relationships, or driving safely. Passing exams. That kind of thing. :) It’s an omamori, you can get it from the shrines in Japan. It has a little piece of paper with a good luck notation inside. There are all different kinds, one for romance, relationships, or driving safely. Passing exams. That kind of thing. :)

]]> Comment on A Diatribe On Japanese Coffee Shops by Nick Ramsay http://japaners.com/a-diatribe-on-japanese-coffee-shops/2007/12/30/#comment-24 Nick Ramsay Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:06:56 +0000 http://japaners.com/?p=22#comment-24 My favorite kind of coffee shops are the little old ones run by an aging, but friendly, mama-san. Quiet, relaxing and you can even smoke in them! (I miss the days I was a smoker). My favorite kind of coffee shops are the little old ones run by an aging, but friendly, mama-san. Quiet, relaxing and you can even smoke in them! (I miss the days I was a smoker).

]]> Comment on We Moved To Rural Japan by Stu the tall white gaijin drifter http://japaners.com/finding-a-home-in-rural-japan/2007/12/29/#comment-23 Stu the tall white gaijin drifter Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:25:24 +0000 http://japaners.com/?p=12#comment-23 Nice shack James.. lol do you pay extra for the sweet clothes line or is it omake? Stu Nice shack James.. lol do you pay extra for the sweet clothes line or is it omake?

Stu

]]> Comment on Your Gaijin Tips For Enjoying Winter In Japan by Stu the tall white gaijin drifter http://japaners.com/try-this-out-for-size/2007/12/29/#comment-22 Stu the tall white gaijin drifter Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:23:09 +0000 http://japaners.com/?p=3#comment-22 It depends on my mood whether being called a "Gaijin" offends me....but I refer to myself as a gaijin too! It offends me more when people assume I don't understand any Japanese and speak to the person I'm with to ask me questions when I perfectly understand what they are saying all the time. But we get more perks than suckyness with our gaijin power so we can't complain really... Stu in Japan It depends on my mood whether being called a “Gaijin” offends me….but I refer to myself as a gaijin too! It offends me more when people assume I don’t understand any Japanese and speak to the person I’m with to ask me questions when I perfectly understand what they are saying all the time.

But we get more perks than suckyness with our gaijin power so we can’t complain really…

Stu in Japan

]]> Comment on Income Opportunities For Ex-Nova Teachers by Chris Schaffer http://japaners.com/gambling-to-come-out-of-the-closet/2007/12/29/#comment-20 Chris Schaffer Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:29:14 +0000 http://japaners.com/?p=16#comment-20 Luckily the only person I knew who was affected by the NOVA roll-up was very near the end of her contract, so it didn't hurt too badly. I was lucky enough to teach for AEON and not have the problem of closing up shop! Luckily the only person I knew who was affected by the NOVA roll-up was very near the end of her contract, so it didn’t hurt too badly.

I was lucky enough to teach for AEON and not have the problem of closing up shop!

]]> Comment on We Moved To Rural Japan by Chris B http://japaners.com/finding-a-home-in-rural-japan/2007/12/29/#comment-15 Chris B Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:46:41 +0000 http://japaners.com/?p=12#comment-15 Eh.. No worries brah!! My School is in a house older than that, and the wild cats have their babies in the crawlspace just above my classroom whiteboard! I kinda dig it though It's...um....Unique! Eh..
No worries brah!!
My School is in a house older than that, and the wild cats have their babies in the crawlspace just above my classroom whiteboard!
I kinda dig it though

It’s…um….Unique!

]]> Comment on Secret Places To Find Japanese Liquor For FREE by Japaners http://japaners.com/whats-with-the-giant-barrels-of-sake/2007/12/29/#comment-14 Japaners Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:57:07 +0000 http://japaners.com/?p=18#comment-14 Chris, thanks for the tip and the link. I'll get my blogroll into this theme and add you when I do. More photos of the southern Boso Hanto to come... James Chris, thanks for the tip and the link. I’ll get my blogroll into this theme and add you when I do. More photos of the southern Boso Hanto to come…

James

]]> Comment on Secret Places To Find Japanese Liquor For FREE by Chris B http://japaners.com/whats-with-the-giant-barrels-of-sake/2007/12/29/#comment-13 Chris B Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:25:38 +0000 http://japaners.com/?p=18#comment-13 I just added this to my blog roll using your sake icon as a link icon. Good luck with your site. I just added this to my blog roll using your sake icon as a link icon.

Good luck with your site.

]]> Comment on Secret Places To Find Japanese Liquor For FREE by Chris B http://japaners.com/whats-with-the-giant-barrels-of-sake/2007/12/29/#comment-12 Chris B Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:44:32 +0000 http://japaners.com/?p=18#comment-12 Now THIS is a post with some serious value!! A store called Gyomu Supa (which, in a divine twist is right behind my house) has very cheap beer/haposhu etc Now THIS is a post with some serious value!!

A store called Gyomu Supa (which, in a divine twist is right behind my house) has very cheap beer/haposhu etc

]]> Comment on Your Gaijin Tips For Enjoying Winter In Japan by ShaneS http://japaners.com/try-this-out-for-size/2007/12/29/#comment-11 ShaneS Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:54:46 +0000 http://japaners.com/?p=3#comment-11 I found you through JapanSoc and like what I am seeing - I want to see more of your house in Bosu though .... based on my research it looks like a beautiful place and isn't that where the rice fields are located? I blogged about them a while back (Chiba search of my blog is in the link) - does the picture do them justice? Seriously though, I will be landing in Makuhari, Chiba in March and am looking forward to avoiding most of the winter issues. But it will still be cold compared to Hawaii.... I found you through JapanSoc and like what I am seeing - I want to see more of your house in Bosu though …. based on my research it looks like a beautiful place and isn’t that where the rice fields are located? I blogged about them a while back (Chiba search of my blog is in the link) - does the picture do them justice?

Seriously though, I will be landing in Makuhari, Chiba in March and am looking forward to avoiding most of the winter issues. But it will still be cold compared to Hawaii….

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