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The ultimate list of Japanese emoticons (emoji, kaomoji)

Posted in Akihabara, Anime, Celebrations, Japan, Japanese culture, Manga, Things I love about Japan, tagged , , , , , , on October 30, 2011 | 15 Comments »

Sure, we english speakers have our own smileys for use on the internet, but Japan is the King (or, Emperor) of text smiley faces. Japan has got the rest of the world beat, hands down! So much so that something like (^-^) is getting to be common in even english text. I’ve looked and looked, [...]

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Manga Halloween!

Posted in Celebrations, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese traditional food, Manga, Shopping, Things I love about Japan, tagged , , , , , on October 29, 2011 | 8 Comments »

I was looking through this month’s issue of my favorite manga magazine (It’s called Ribon. It’s a monthly publication geared towards young girls. Sort of the girly version of Shonen Jump), and something caught my eye: It says Enjoy it to the utmost, everywhere! Have an awesome Halloween!! in big letters at the top.

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Working as an assistant on The Prince of Tennis p8

Posted in Anime, Japan, Manga, Mangaka ni naritai, Prince of Tennis, The past, tagged , , , , , , on October 27, 2011 | 44 Comments »

To everybody who is cheering me along in writing these: THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Your cheering me on is really what is keeping me going. =^-^= Continued from: ☆ part 1 ☆ part 2 ☆ part 3 ☆ part 4 ☆ part 5 ☆ part 6 ☆ part 7

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Today in Japan (pictures) and the blues

Posted in Japan, People-watching, Photos, This week in Japan, tagged , , , on October 26, 2011 | 44 Comments »

Beware: Skip to the pictures if you don’t want to hear my kind of depressing mood/thoughts today. I’ve come down with a case of the blues, I think. It happens to everybody, not least to those of us living in a foreign country.

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This Week in Tokyo – Week 6

Posted in Japan, People-watching, Photos, Shibuya, This week in Japan, tagged , , , , on October 23, 2011 | 23 Comments »

My life in Tokyo this week, captured in photographs for all the world to see. =^-^= This week was a busy one– but mainly because I cleaned my kitchen, top to bottom! Something was smelling badly and it was making me and my boyfriend sick.. I never did find out what it was, but at [...]

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A post for the ladies! (Tampons in Japan)

Posted in Japan, Japanese culture, Photos, Shopping, tagged , , , on October 22, 2011 | 29 Comments »

This post is for the ladies (or, adventurous men that love them!) who’ve ever wondered about how the Japanese ladies deal with their “time of the month.” You’ve been warned! ^.~

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Working as an assistant on The Prince of Tennis p7

Posted in Anime, Japan, Manga, Mangaka ni naritai, Prince of Tennis, The past, tagged , , , , , , on October 21, 2011 | 35 Comments »

Thank you for so many comments! The feedback really encourages me to keep writing! =^-^= Continued from: ☆ part 1 ☆ part 2 ☆ part 3 ☆ part 4 ☆ part 5 ☆ part 6

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