Prison in Japan: Part 9 “Light at the end of Tunnel”
Blue on May 11 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Life
Part 9 of Stippy.com’s Prison in Japan series
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Prison in Japan: Part 8 “Day 15″
Blue on May 02 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Life
This is stippy’s eighth part in a ten part series (see also parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) about one foreigner’s experience of being put in a Japanese prison (留置場 or “ryuchijyo”, a prison for locking up people for as long as 23 days until they are convicted, or cleared of a [...]
Happy Families in Japan – did you think about pre-marital counseling?
Red on May 01 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Life
Apparently 1 in 20 of Japanese weddings last year included at least one foreigner. As a recent addition to this growing group, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about what it means to be married to a Japanese person. Pre-marital counseling is all about preventing one of those “this isn’t the (wo)man I thought I married” style shocks, half a year into your marriage. Not only does it give you a great chance to express your fears and hopes to your partner in a supporting atmosphere, it also enables you to learn a lot about some of the stranger expectations that your partner might have for you in your new life together.
Prison in Japan: Part 7 “The Driver”
Blue on Apr 27 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Life
A Japanese Punch Perm – like the driver’s This is stippy’s seventh part in a series (see also parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) about one foreigner’s experience of being put in a Japanese prison (留置場 or “ryuchijyo”, a prison for locking up people for as long as 23 days until they are [...]
What Should I Do? More on AIDS in Japan
Red on Apr 17 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Life
Remember the Grim Reaper AIDS campaigns of the ’80s? Late last year Pink shared with us the eye-opening story of his friend who found out that he had been dating a girl infected with HIV, and the story of his soul search while he waited for his own test results. After reading the number of [...]
Prison in Japan: Part 6 “The Guards”
Blue on Apr 15 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Life
This is stippy’s sixth part in a series (see also parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) about one foreigner’s experience of being put in a Japanese prison (留置場 or “ryuchijyo”, a prison for locking up people for as long as 23 days until they are convicted, or cleared of a crime). Below is the [...]
Watching the Grass Grow – Tokyo Style
Silver on Apr 09 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Life
Grass. Simple green grass under my bare feet is something I really enjoy in the summer. In the park with the kids I have the occasional old person come up and say how healthy it is for the kids to be playing in bare feet, yet mine seem to be the only kids around who [...]
Bad Bad Medicine: Doctors in Japan
Silver on Apr 04 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Life
We have explored on stippy how interesting it can be to call an ambulance in Japan, but have you ever had one of those crazy “only in Japan” experiences at the hospital? Just the week before last I was hit with a mysterious sort of virus that had gone through our office. I battled through [...]
Prison in Japan: Part 5 “Manga and Routine”
Blue on Mar 23 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Life
This is stippy’s fifth part in a series (see also parts 1, 2, 3 and 4) about one foreigner’s experience of being put in a Japanese prison (留置場 or “ryuchijyo”, a prison for locking up people for as long as 23 days until they are convicted, or cleared of a crime). Below is the continuation [...]
Prison in Japan: Part 4 “Processing”
Blue on Feb 25 2007 | Filed under: Japan: Life
This is stippy’s fourth part in a series (see also part 1, part 2 and part 3) about one foreigner’s experience of being put in a Japanese prison (留置場 or “ryuchijyo”, a prison for locking up people for as long as 23 days until they are convicted, or cleared of a crime). Below is the [...]