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It’s Culture, innit.

Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2023 by wildinjapan

Hi, blog. November 3rd is Culture Day. My students love to tell me that the origin of Culture Day is the date of the announcement of the post-war constitution, but they conveniently forget that it was a holiday before that; … Continue reading →

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Holey Stones and Nitta Was Here Too

Posted on Saturday, August 12, 2023 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. This post was seeded years ago, back when I first started blogging. In fact, the following story was one I had in mind when I wrote this post back in 2012! In a corner of the grounds of … Continue reading →

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Nitta and the Rat Yakushi

Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2022 by wildinjapan

Hi, blog November has arrived and although the mornings are often quite chilly and in the upper single digit temperature range, afternoons may top 20℃. Recently we received the monthly city newspaper and something caught my eye. It was a … Continue reading →

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Trailing the 47 Ronin

Posted on Saturday, June 18, 2022 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. Friday, June 17th was the first day of the city sports events in which the sports clubs from the various junior high schools compete for a position in the prefectural competitions. Since there were no lessons, I took … Continue reading →

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Eye of the Tiger

Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. I have some rather unfortunate news. My brown frog, which we have had since 2013, has died. I noticed over the last month it seemed listless and was getting thin. A cursory internet search a couple of weeks … Continue reading →

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The Empty Walk

Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2021 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. It was Saturday.  After a very busy and sometimes infuriating week, I decided that I needed to get out of the house.  The afternoon weather was warm enough to not require a jacket or hat, and there wasn’t … Continue reading →

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From the General’s Hill to the White Horse

Posted on Friday, November 6, 2020 by wildinjapan

A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse Richard III, Shakespeare Hi blog. I can’t believe a month has passed between posts.  (Well, actually I can, but I will spare you the gory/boring details and get on with it.) … Continue reading →

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A Walk in Heirinji

Posted on Sunday, February 16, 2020 by wildinjapan

It was a cloudy but warm Saturday afternoon in February.  I was feeling the effects of not going out the previous weekend and then having a week filled with too many unpleasantries.  I had made up my mind to go … Continue reading →

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A Day in Kamakura

Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2014 by wildinjapan

“And there is a Japanese idol at Kamakura” Rudyard Kipling   Kamakura, after some half-dozen visits, still remains my favourite travel destination in Japan.  If fate had swung differently, and I hadn’t put down roots in Saitama, I probably would … Continue reading →

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