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koto-art
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Canada/Japan
Translator, Japanese teacher, artist. I share bilingual articles with my artwork, photos, food and garden. 翻訳家・日本語講師・アーティスト。写真、アート、食べ物や庭のバイリンガル記事を書いています。
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11 days ago
Motherhood
Hidden Cats, Hidden Parenthood Win
I picked up a couple of games from the Hidden Cats series on Steam almost on a whim: Hidden Cats in Tokyo and Hidden Cats in Spooky Village . My 9-year-old loves “find…
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16 days ago
Cross Culture
Anko: Japan’s Quiet, Everyday Sweet
If you’ve spent any time around Japanese food, you’ve almost certainly eaten anko (pronounced AHN-KOH), even if you didn’t qui
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24 days ago
Cross Culture
Kanji of the Year 2025: 熊
Every December in Japan, the Kanji of the Year offers a compact cultural snapshot: one character meant to distill twelve months of headlines, anxieties, and shared…
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about 1 month ago
The Pub
Hive Needs More Traffic
In this post I asked people to guess on the price of BTC at 9:30 am New York Time on Black Friday with a price of 5 HSBI to the person the closest. And.... I had no takers.…
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2 months ago
Motherhood
Mama and Papa in Japan
When foreigners first learn a little Japanese, they quickly pick up okaasan and otousan: the polite, textbook words for “
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2 months ago
GEMS
Happy Halloween from Japan
It is morning here, but on the far side of the world where many of you are reading this, the ghosts and goblins are coming out and I
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@dbooster
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3 months ago
Discovery-it
Spooky Season with Broken Peach: Halloween Classics Reimagined
Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today let's go into another Three Tune Tuesday post. ![][ttt_title] As always, thanks to @ablaze for making this series. Lots of people…
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3 months ago
Cross Culture
The Dark Side of Japanese Work Culture
The other day, @azircon asked me about the dark side of Japan’s work culture. Most of the time, I don’t like focusing on the negative, but there is a lot here, as anyone who has…
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@dbooster
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3 months ago
Cross Culture
Why Japanese Think American Coffee Is Weak
If you’ve ever talked coffee with a Japanese friend, you’ve probably heard the verdict: “American coffee is weak.” This is o
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3 months ago
Discovery-it
Baby, What's Your Sign?
Do people still use that as a pick up line? I suppose not, since many stats from many countries show Gen Z is no longer interested in dating or sex. Anyway! When I was young…
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