JPN Rush: Movin’ To The Big City
I moved! Now, instead of living in some awful suburb outside of Tokyo, I now actually live in Tokyo! Isn’t that wild? There’s tons of gaijin on the internet who write about their move, and as research I thought I would read all of their stories, but even then...
Still Alive: One Year in Japan
At the risk of sounding like Koji Oe, here’s a personal post about my time thus far in Japan… As the title says, it’s been just over a year since I first arrived here in Japan dazed and confused. I’ve learned a lot, and there’s been plenty of happy...
Omokage Lucky Hole VS Machiyama Tomohiro “We’re Sick and Tired of Songs about ‘Believing in’ things like ‘Sakura’ and ‘Tomorrow'”
Or, “Sakura” ya “Ashita” o “Shinjiru” Uta wa Mou Takusan! Last week there was a talk event between OLH and subcultural superstar Machiyama Tomohiro in Itabashi. You may know Itabashi as one of those stops on the Sobu line between Ochanomizu and Shinjuku. I couldn’t be asked to read...