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Golden Week
What’s so golden about Golden Week? In Japan, company employees often work overtime due to social pressures and expectations. Students also go to school year-round (and Saturdays are often half-days,...
View ArticleIse Jingu, women, and terminology
Ise Jingu (known as Grand Shrine of Ise) is an ancient shrine in Japan, at Ise, described in the texts of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. The Kojiki is the older text, having been compiled and dated to...
View ArticleAnime Boston Part Two
Now with 100% more detail! To hear some of this, check out the Anime Boston podcast on Otaku in Review – I’m one of the guests in that particular podcast. As I said earlier, I enjoyed Anime Boston. But...
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