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Alisha has written 102 posts for Arisha In Tokyo – A Life in Tokyo Blog

Misty Monday

By ⋅ May 21, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

The Carpenters sang “rainy days and mondays always get me down”. There wasn’t really much expansion into how one might feel if it was a rainy Monday, which it was this week in Tokyo. Rather than feeling “down” about it, however, I thought it would be a great opportunity to take a few pictures. It [...]

Recap: FoodEX Tokyo 2013

By ⋅ March 12, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

After a flurry of posts two weeks ago, I was sadly unable to post anything last week. I was off and away, at the massive, terribly exciting, thrill-mobile that is FoodEX. Myself and several of my coworkers were stationed out in Chiba from Tuesday until Friday, where we were representing our company at the exhibition hall. [...]

Cultural Collision

By ⋅ March 1, 2013 ⋅ One comment

Behold: Here we see a friendly picture of President Barack Obama gracing the cover of a Japanese beer bar’s address book. He greets the onlooker with a simple “Hi”. “Cultural Collisions” like this stand out to me, and I usually find them hilarious. Part of me wants to ask “why?” when I encounter this kind [...]

How to Act like an Actor

By ⋅ February 28, 2013 ⋅ 2 comments

I do a couple of “odd jobs” to help make ends meet here. One of those jobs involves working with a company that produces language learning materials for people all over the world. They don’t just produce Japanese language materials, but dozens of other languages as well. Some readers of this blog might be familiar [...]

Office Parties in Japan

By ⋅ February 27, 2013 ⋅ 4 comments

Japanese work culture is a subject that can raise a lot of questions and concerns for foreign people. “I heard people work till they drop!” “Do you have to work 70 hours every week?” “Is it true that there are no days off?” “Are there really mandatory drinking parties?” These questions are, to an extent, [...]

Shiken: TEST LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT

By ⋅ February 26, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

(Remember how I said I was going to just write about stuff without so much unnecessary nitpicking? Yeah, my computer crashed and burned a little while after that and I still haven’t got it fixed. I have bad luck with them.) What if your whole life depended on a test? I’m not talking about a [...]

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  • Let us ride into the sunset, oh noble steed of mine.
    http://t.co/lJkEJ8RArF
    2013/05/25 19:38
  • Best Engrish advice of the day: "you should cook yourself."
    2013/05/25 15:02
  • Conducting some very important burrito research in ni-chome on the way home tonight. @ Rainbow Burritos
    http://t.co/mJabrO6Ll5
    2013/05/24 23:54
  • "Miso Soup" on an afternoon wander through Golden Gai.
    http://t.co/qvforx2DYa
    2013/05/24 19:40
  • Nice evening stroll near Okubo yesterday. Shinjuku proper makes a lovely background. @ 末広橋
    http://t.co/dCQixsbhMz
    2013/05/23 21:28

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