College Fashion: How to wear a Blue Checkered Work Shirt (College Fashion)
My fiance has great clothes. Recently I’ve gotten into the style of wearing an extra large shirt or jacket on top, and skinny jeans on the bottom. This blue checkered shirt (from Uni Qlo in Japan) is...
View ArticleEating Cow Tongue in Sendai, Japan
Of all the parts of cows we eat – tongue is not high up on that list. In fact, tongue rarely makes that list at all (mostly because, you know, when you eat an animal you usually don’t try to eat it’s...
View ArticleDrawing: I’m Sky Tree!
Sorry everyone, no “real” posts for today – Ryosuke and I are in the process of moving back to Texas (I just graduated!). We’re in the process of cleaning/packing up my dorm room for our afternoon...
View ArticleThe 15 “Types” of People you find on Airplanes (Airport Bingo)
Let me introduce you to my favorite game, “Airport Bingo.” As someone who has lived on three continents and traveled to a handful of others, I spend copious amounts of time at the airport. And really,...
View ArticleCollege Fashion: How to wear a casual little black dress (College Fashion)
Ah, the little black dress. Every girl has one (because every fashion magazine tells us this is a staple), but few of us actually know how to transition it from night to day. I spent this week trying...
View ArticleWhy do so many Ursinus College Students Marry each other? (Thoughts from a...
Ursinus College has somewhat of a funny reputation. Where other schools are famous for their parties, their high graduation rates, or the percentage of students who get jobs in their field after...
View ArticleComic: The Benefits of Sharing Prescription Glasses
No joke, Ryosuke and I actually have the exact same prescription eyeglasses. We figured this out on day three of our trip to Hakodate in Hokkaido. He accidentally fell asleep during the day in his...
View ArticleMedia Discovery Advertising; The Beautiful Scam (Bloggers Beware)
First of all, congratulations (I guess). If you got an advertising email from Media Discovery – that means your blog is popular enough to be valuable to them. So I guess that’s pretty cool. Moving on,...
View ArticleDrawing: I love Chocolate
Heyo~ I’m still in a post-Christmas food coma. I’m also about 85% I can’t fit in my wedding dress anymore (my family is really good at cooking/baking Christmas goods). I have no regrets. Also, I’m...
View ArticleMore Than Just Surviving The Distance: Carina and Mitsu’s Story
The happy couple I came from a small Oregon town with a population of about 25,000. I knew four Asian people (with various backgrounds and heritages) throughout my twenty-one years before transferring...
View ArticleDating and Facebook: The Effects of a Serious Relationship on your Facebook
The problem with engagements is that it puts your relationship in a sort of limbo – you’re more than a boyfriend/girlfriend but less than a spouse. While cramming for my Anthropology final on Monday, I...
View ArticleRyosuke and I got married!
Hi everyone. Ryosuke and I were married last night at the rustic Angel Springs event center in Texas. It was a lovely ceremony of friends, family, and loved ones. Now we’re off for a 7 week honeymoon...
View ArticleAum Shinrikyo and Japanese Secularism: Introduction to Modern Japanese...
The ways of the past shape the present. Just as the holocaust cannot be understood without first examining nearly two thousand years of Christians seeing Christ a victim of Jews, Japanese religion...
View ArticleComic: Biking to the Beach
The Akita beach is fairly close (a couple miles) away from the Akita International University. We tried biking there one day on a tandem bike. Ryosuke did most of the biking. [For more- Tandem Bikes:...
View Article“I Ruff You:” Our Happily Ever After
Upon learning I have a Japanese husband, many women — often western — ask me, “How’d you do it? How’d you meet a Japanese guy?” I often reply with a joke like, “Well, it was dark. I had the duct...
View ArticleJapanese Religion and Secularism: the First and Second Stages (Part 2 of 7)
The first two stages of Japanese religion and secularism will be explained in this post. This is part 2 of 7 for my graduation thesis on the “Aum Affair” in Japan – a biological attack on the public by...
View ArticleThe Days of Hanako: Our Happily Ever After
Hi, my name is Hanako! I am the artist for the comic blog, “The Days of Hanako” where I draw comics about my life living in Canada and being married to my Canadian husband. I was born and raised in...
View ArticleComic: Benefits of Long Distance Relationships
Sometimes I wonder this is what happens when we talk on the phone for long periods of time. This is one of the big benefits of a long distance relationships (at least for my boyfriend). I think....
View ArticleJapanese Religion and Secularism: the Third and Fourth Stages (Part 3 of 7)
This is part 3 of 7 for my graduation thesis on the “Aum Affair” in Japan – a biological attack on the public by a Japanese “New New Religion.” This will explain the third and fourth stages of Japanese...
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