Surviving the distance: Lessons I learned from my first year in a long...
This week’s guest post is from Elena, the travel blogger behind Elena’s Travelgram. She talks about how she met her boyfriend, “B” and their long distance relationship. She writes: The Story of me and...
View ArticleComic: It’s because you’re a Feminist!
Of all the annoying things I say, “That’s not fair!” is probably the phrase that bothers Ryosuke the most. Because he always replies “But why does it have to be fair?” He doesn’t understand why I’m so...
View ArticleHow Japanese Onsen “Fixed” my Self-Esteem and Body Issues
Most women don’t like their bodies. Arms are too long, boobs are too small, thighs are too thick, teeth are crooked – women who are 100% ok with their bodies are few and far between. On good days,...
View ArticleComic: Japanese People and PDA
And who says Japanese people don’t like PDA (Public Displays of Affection)? Just kidding. It’s only this time around in Japan that Ryosuke’s kind of just stop caring about the stares and glares. For...
View ArticleThings I Love about Japan: Burger Wrappers
One of the things I love about Japan is the fact that the country basically comes up with solutions for all sorts of problems I didn’t even know I had. I easily overheat while sleeping during the...
View ArticleComic: Ryosuke’s dad doesn’t appreciate our help
We try really, really hard to be mature adults. We’re just so bad at it. So, so bad. The post Comic: Ryosuke’s dad doesn’t appreciate our help appeared first on Texan in Tokyo.
View ArticleThe importance of reading (what someone else wrote): How does One Dress to...
To be a good writer, you have to read. Or at least that’s what everyone tells me. Somewhere in college, between the assigned essays and dreary textbooks, I forgot how to read for fun. I didn’t have...
View ArticleComic: Are you a part of that Foreigner’s family? (no)
To be fair, it was a kind of honest mistake. In Ryosuke’s graduating class at Akita International University, there was one white guy from Switzerland. Everyone else was Asian, so that guy stuck out...
View ArticleThe Story of Three Rings: Love, Tradition, and a little bit of Spontaneity
It’s always the little things that you remember the most. Honestly, I never intended to keep the ring-pop my husband gave me the day he asked me out. The whole thing was so romantic, but we were young...
View ArticleComic: Conversations with our Landlady (Yuko-san)
This is Yuko-san. She’s our landlady (sort of). We live in a Japanese style “Mansion” (basically a fancy apartment with souped-up security). She literally lives on the first floor of our building,...
View ArticleVideo: How We Met (our relationship story)
I’ve been meaning to write a blog post about how Ryosuke and I met. It’s a cute story. But every time I tried to write it, it came out awkward. So I decided to do a video on how Ryosuke and I Met:...
View ArticleComic: The Men in your Country are so Weird…
One of the fun things about being in an intercultural relationship is that our friends come from drastically different backgrounds (and countries) – so we have silly conversations like this. For...
View ArticleA day at a Rabbit Café in Akihabara, Japan
A rabbit cafe is a place where you pay by the hour to drink coffee and play with various types of rabbits. However, before I can explain the significance of a “rabbit cafe,” I have to explain why...
View ArticleI was on NHK World’s Tokyo Eye! (representing Tokyo Cheapo on Japanese TV)
Yesterday I was on NHK World’s program, Tokyo Eye. I took the film crew to some of my favorite shops in Shimokitazawa (hippie town in Tokyo) for some discount shopping. I wrote about this a little...
View ArticleComic: Awww man, not again!
This happens more often than I would like to admit. It’s funny, it takes me up to an hour to fall asleep at night (thanks brain, for going over every single thing that I did wrong that day) – and I’m...
View ArticleI am publishing my own comic book “My Japanese Husband Thinks I’m Crazy”...
I need your help – to make a comic book. I have been blogging for almost two years, and in that time, a lot has changed. I graduated college, I moved to Japan, I realized the career path I thought I...
View ArticleComic: Why did you have to die?
It’s not fair. Ugh. Ryosuke bought 13 plants (5 different types). All I got were two little basil plants. His survived while both of my little basil plants died :( PS – My kickstarter.com campaign to...
View Article“The Good Chinese Wife” Book Review: How far should you actually go for love?
Before you even crack open “The Good Chinese Wife: A Love Affair With China Gone Wrong,” you kind of already know what it’s going to be about. A woman tries to be a good Chinese wife, but her marriage...
View ArticleComic: Kill some of our Children
Ryosuke and I have plants… and we jokingly refer to our plants as our children, saying stuff like “I’m going to go water our children,” or “I’m going to go kill our children (like picking basil or...
View ArticleConfessions of a Gaijin: I was one of those “Random Foreigners on Japanese...
For some reason, Japan has an absurdly high number of TV programs where the premise is watching foreigners do random things. Why? I have no idea. There is this huge market in Japan for following...
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