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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.

Recent Posts Tagged With 'karate'

• Whoopin' Stick 田中先生の竹刀...怖いだ

  Posted on Thursday June 5th, 2008 at 07:39 in 竹刀, karate, kendo, shinai, stick, tanaka, washimiya, 剣道

  In my May 19th post "Return to the Ring," I qouted this line from Pie Mei in Kill Bill 2, "You are here to learn the mysteries of Kung Fu, not linguistics. If you can't understand me, I will communica...

• Return to the Ring

  Posted on Monday May 19th, 2008 at 08:53 in all japan, darren walters, justin, karate, sensei, sparring, tanaka, trophy, washimiya

  I punched a guy in the face and the crowd went wild! The hollow plastic clap of his helmet was heard throughout Washimiya. Everyone was routing for me and I didn't let them. It was my return to the ka...