Sunday, May 24, 2015

The First Non-Hanshin Tigers Baseball Game I Have Been to in Japan (Orix Buffaloes vs. Lotte Marines, 23 May 2015)

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I've been in Japan a long time and I have seen a lot of baseball games here. But they have all been Hanshin Tigers games, many of the...
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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Logical Emotion Exhibition

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Photo borrowed from Japan Today's Picture of the Day , 5/23/15. Caption reads: Visitors walk through the installation “Love is Callin...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

"Wells Fargo Commercial: Learning Sign Language" and once again I'm not sure how to feel about this...

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There's so much going on in this commercial I can't seem to get my head around it. The buzz seems to be centered on the portrayal...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Two deaf women win seats in local assemblies in Sunday's elections

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Photo borrowed from Mainichi on-line , 4/28/15. This is great news, especially within the bleak world of Japanese politics. It is also...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

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Friday, April 17, 2015

桜 2015: This Year's Cherry Blossoms

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Rainy and cold weather didn't make for the best of ohanami this year. Here are some lazy yet beautiful shots from outside my window....
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

"Documentary on Japanese ‘war brides’ is gaining steam"

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Photo borrowed from http://www.fallsevengetupeight.com/ Story from The Japan Times On-line , 4/8/15. Three women (Kathryn Tolbert, Lu...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

"British filmmaker sounds out Japan"

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Sound is becoming more and more important within the realm of visual anthropology. The controlling of sound quality in both recording and ed...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

"Facial recognition system sends warning emails to families of pachinko addicts"

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Story from Japan Today , 4/3/15: For a country that doesn’t have any businesses officially classified as “casinos,” Japan has a ton of pla...
Friday, April 3, 2015

うきうき　イースター Happy Excited Easter: Another Western Holiday Gets Glocalized in Japan

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You are most likely familiar with the glocalization of Christmas and in recent years Halloween in Japan . Glocalization entails the impo...