Blog
When I lived in Japan from 2011-2013 (between the ages of 22 and 24), I kept a blog of my experiences and observations. I worked as a middle school ALT (assistant language teacher) in a rural part of Miyagi Prefecture, in the northern reaches of Honshu.
The majority of those 20 original blog posts are embarrassing and borderline problematic in retrospect, but a handful only needed a little editing to be made fit for public consumption in this, the year 2018. Those are the ones found here. Each is prefaced with a bit of additional context.
Criminal – the one where I meet the hammer of Japanese justice
Denki – the one where I take a special bath
Cold – the one where I descend into the Ninth Circle
Licensing – the one where I take some tests
Sales – the one where I unwittingly scam the elderly
Repairs – the one where I DIY
Other
Parasol – My entry for the 2018 Kurodahan Press Translation Prize
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