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Inside Outsider
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A collection of first person stories by me, Justin, an outsider living in Japan. I'm involved in Japanese culture like sumo, karate, buddhist pilgrimages and much more. High quality pictures and video of rarely seen cultural ascepts of Japan.
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JETジャナル2008やった!
三月に私はJETジャナルためにこの随筆を書きました。遂に後四ヶ月出版させました!すごく嬉しいです。私はこの随筆を英語で書いただから、JETジャナルの編者が日本語に訳しました。...
澤木道場で坐禅していた Meditating at Takubou Zen Center
I felt a single bead of sweat creep down my forehead one pore at a time. The sweat would trickle in from above, fill the pore to capacity and gently overflow it, rolling on to the next pore in a never ending process. My head so still the drop felt li...
Religion in the Japanese Classroom, 神鉛筆
Every year the 3rd grade students at Washimiya's public junior high schools 鷲宮町立学校, along with the rest of Japan's junior high students, take a three day class trip to Kyoto 京都, the cultural capital of Japan that was once the capital ...
Roll On Black Beast
Two years ago when I came to Japan I weighed around 190 lbs. (86 kg), but thanks to healthy Japanese food and lots of exercise, I now weigh 156 lbs (71 kg):that's less than I weighed in high school. While practicing karate for 3 hours on a hot and hu...
My Final Japanese Karate Tournament 吉川市空手大会:僕の最後日本の空手大会
Yesterday I fought in my final karate tournament. The tournament was held in the extremely out-of-the-way city of Yoshikawa, which meant an early start for Taka, Uchi, Calum, and I. Taka and Uchi are fellow members of the Washimiya Karate Club and Ca...

