Hobbies and Interests
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The Art of the Sword
By David Broughton Joining traditional arts clubs may seem like part of a quintessentially JET experience, but how folks end up in these opportunities can be a lot more up […]
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Getting Your Japanese Driver’s License (Ehime Edition)
By Emily Guo The number of congratulations (“おめでとう御座います”）I received – both from the license center staff and teachers who knew I was going through this process – shows that obtaining […]
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Have you heard of Brass Band Camelia?
By Patrick Peh Prelude At the end of January we had Tsubaki “Matsuri” (meaning Festival), which is a massive festival held at Tsubaki Shrine, marking the coldest day this winter. […]
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Vampires, Witches, Skeletons, Mesoamerican Gods and a Big Bloody Castle: An Introduction to Solo Journaling TTRPGs
By Jordan Rocke G’day everyone! It’s “the blog editor didn’t want to bother everyone during the holidays and now has no content for the blog queued up” time! This time, […]
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To Clean the Mirror: Why I Love Yokai
By Andrew Pappas Monsters have always fascinated me. I used to be really afraid of them when I was a kid. My aunt and cousins like to retell the story […]
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Everyone is an Expert: My Love of Trivia
By Jordan Rocke Hey！It’s been a bit quiet on the blog for a while, so I decided to do the thing I do whenever there’s a gap and write an […]
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Who Doesn’t Like A Good Story?: Game Mastering at the 2022 Ehime AJET TTRPG Conference
By Charles Marshall While I love the life I’ve made for myself here, there’s definitely things that I miss having the ability to easily get involved with when I lived […]
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What’s hotter than Paprika? A beginner’s guide to the Bands of the Rising Sun
By Killian Barry Maybe it’s the language barrier, perhaps it’s misguided preconceptions, but I suspect my own limited exposure to and familiarity with Japanese music reflects the experience of a […]
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ALT Spring Showcase (Series 1)
Edited by Joshua Hill About a week ago the Mikan blog reached out to Shikoku ALTs in an effort to accumulate photo submissions of personal art, creative projects for work […]