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5 Reasons Japan Is Actually Pretty Great – Life In Japan

May 22, 2016 Andy Kavanagh

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In my last Life in Japan column, I may have come across a little negative. While I absolutely stand by what I wrote, and can do so comfortably because Japanese people are too polite to argue with me, there is a reason I’m still here. Japan is a pretty great place all things considered, and […]

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Hokkaido – The Great White North | Life In Japan

February 21, 2016 Andy Kavanagh

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It’s probably common knowledge that Japan is a nation of extremes. Its people are known as much for their obsession with manners as they are for their obsession with how flagrantly foreigners disregard them. Young ladies are generally shy to the point of self-implosion but businessmen read hentai on the train and give approximately zero […]

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Life In Japan: A Reductive Guide To Japanese Christmas

December 20, 2015 Andy Kavanagh

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Japan doesn’t really do religion in the same way the West does. The land of the rising sun, predominantly a shinto/buddhist nation, is also increasingly a land of rampant religious apathy. It’s pretty common to hear elderly folk complain quite vocally about how uninterested the youth of today are in ancient traditions, even though almost […]

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Life In Japan: The Cost of Living (And Not Just Existing)

October 18, 2015 Andy Kavanagh

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Japan, and in particular Tokyo, has a reputation for being one of the most expensive places on Earth and while it’s certainly not as cheap as it’s other eastern neighbours (Japanese people absolutely love visiting Thailand), it’s nowhere near as expensive as somewhere like Paris or London. As I mentioned last time, getting by day […]

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