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The 6 Best Foods to eat in Nikko, Japan
We all like food. If you’re visiting Nikko, Japan, soon and are wondering what to eat while you’re there – this is the place for you. Nikko is an easy day-trip from Tokyo. Located in the Tochigi...
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Beware of Bears (in Japan)
“You shouldn’t be out here.” My friend and I were on kilometer eight of our hike through Cape Soya when a small truck pulled up beside us. Inside were two older Japanese men, in farming gear. “There...
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YouTube Video Roundup: Everything I published in September, 2015
These are the videos I posed during September, 2015 on my YouTube channel, “Texan in Tokyo.” Right now, I do four things. I write blog posts about my life in Japan, ranging from personal stories to...
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Comic: I hate shopping
Okay, so I don’t actually hate shopping. I just hate certain types of shopping. Like shopping for shorts. I thought this was just an American problem – because when I was in high school/college, it...
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Comic: Sleeping on Trains in Japan
Four years in Japan and I can finally fall asleep on trains about 1/5th of the time, when I try really hard. I’m very proud of this accomplishment, much more than you can understand. I’m the kind of...
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Comic: Priorities
My priorities make sense to someone who has lived most of their adult life with virtually no money. I enjoy living a very, very frugal lifestyle. We don’t eat out, don’t buy lots of...
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Comic: Honey Tea
True story – Ryosuke thought maple syrup and honey were the same thing. It’s understandable (because I mix up Japanese spices and sauces all the time) – but I still thought it was freaking hilarious....
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Comic: Wasting time on the internet
Story of my life. Ugh. The internet is a horrible black hole of wonderful distractions and I fall victim to it’s deathly song for far more hours than I am willing to admit. I try to limit my time...
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Comic: You need to lay off the TV crime dramas…
Is it just me or are all the popular (American) TV shows these days about death? CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Bones, Psych, The Mentalist – the list goes on. And those are only the ones I’ve seen. I’m...
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Actually YouTube IS a real job: The struggle of working as a Content...
I wasn’t originally going to write this post, but in the wake of the Wil Wheaton’s post on why you shouldn’t give your content away to other sites for free (you can read it here) I’ve been thinking a...
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Climbing Mt. Fuji: Sea to Summit in 27 hours
This week’s guest post was written by YouTuber Andrew, about his recent hike from sea to summit of Mt. Fuji. He’s also included a phenomenal video about the 27 hour hike. He writes:
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Comic: I need a hair cut
As I talked about in this comic, one of my (many) person quirks is the fact I don’t enjoy getting my hair cut. At all. I don’t like it when people I don’t know touch my hair/face. Which means I...
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Meet us in Austin, Texas November 28th (Saturday) 3-5pm
RSVP HERE Ryosuke and I are going back to Texas for Thanksgiving! We won’t be in Texas for very long and since quite a few people have gotten in touch with me this last year asking me to tell them...
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Pros and Cons of Writing in a Coffee Shop: The life of a Latte Entrepreneur
I’m a latte entrepreneur. I am 100% self-employed which means I can work on whatever I want, wherever I want. Needless to say, I spent a lot of time in cafes and coffee shops here in Japan. This is my...
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Comic: I’m going to wake up early
This happens. Often. As soon as I started working from home, I started getting enough sleep. But then a funny thing happened:
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Things to do in Chichibu, Japan
Recently Ryosuke and I took a road trip to Chichibu, Japan. Why? No reason in particular, aside from the fact that we try to go on a short trip (1-3 days) every month somewhere in Japan so we can make...
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Japanese Stereotypes (Guest Post)
This week’s guest post is by fellow blogger and YouTuber Nobita. I first met Nobita when he interviewed Ryosuke and I for his blog (you can read the interview here – it’s in Japanese). Since then,...
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Comic: Marriage
Marriage is fun. And no, not just because I get to boss my husband around. That was one of the annoying, newlywed things I did (still not even sure why I did that) – thank goodness Ryosuke is loving...
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8 Questions I don’t know how to answer (as a mildly internet famous person in...
I am mildly internet famous in Japan. Not very famous, mildly famous. I have had fans follow me home and post my address on the internet and people who recognize me have taken photos of me sitting on...
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Some thoughts on (sexy) accents
I’m a sucker for accents. I really am. I didn’t realize how much I love accents until I landed myself in a college in rural Pennsylvania – a college full of predominantly white, middle-to-upper class...
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