Monthly Archives: June 2011
Hot town, summer in the city
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city… With the mercury regularly nudging 30 and occasional rainstorms wrapping Tokyo in a wet blanket, this is no weather for frenetic activity. Happily, ten minutes hate is on holiday, lazing on … Continue reading
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Scorcery
ten minutes hate is moving to a new location and, unfortunately, unlike in my dreams last night, my possessions are not jumping into boxes of their own accord to this soundtrack… Which is one very elaborate way to say that … Continue reading
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Obon festivities
Often in class I find I am learning as much as the students. While they pick up the essentials of English grammar and usage, along with certain vignettes about British life, I am gaining too. Not merely an insight into … Continue reading
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The ‘miracle villages’
When addressing the questions asked last week about rebuilding Japan’s destroyed communities, some villages are clearly ahead of the curve. As Japan Times writer Edan Corkill reports, the village of Yoshihama was spared the most terrible effects of the 11 … Continue reading
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Well Red magazine Issue 8
What a year it has been for Liverpool Football Club. Ditching two managers, one sometimes loved, one universally loathed. Jettisoning two feckless owners with the assistance of unlikely heroes in the form of investment bankers. In the process beating threats … Continue reading
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Rebuilding Japan under uncertainty
It is depressing but not surprising to learn from those back home that Japan has been largely ignored by the news recently, in favour of stories of footballers doing something somewhere to someone no-one can tell you anything about. Meanwhile … Continue reading
Weekend links
ten minutes hate has been on holiday in Tokyo this weekend, showing a friend the sights, including a display of bonsai at the Meiji shrine: Feeling rested and refreshed and wanting to share the feeling, here are some links for … Continue reading
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Jishin-yoi: the feeling of earthquake drunkenness
It usually starts with a jolt. If walking or standing, I notice the ground beneath my feet start to move, or if sitting I feel it along my spine. I brace myself for what is coming, look up at the … Continue reading
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