Watashi Kirei?  Call of the Slit-Mouthed Woman
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Watashi Kirei? Call of the Slit-Mouthed Woman

  By Elise Burgess   Halloween is just around the corner, and although it’s not as popular of a holiday in Japan as in the West, there’s no shortage of terrifying ghosts, ghouls and general nightmare fuel. Low on Halloween costume ideas? Don’t want to end up being the 20th Harley Quinn on the block?…

Book Club 16 Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls
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Book Club 16 Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls

  The HAJET book club met on Sunday September 4th to discuss our first book of the year, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris.   This book is actually a group of essays,mostly from the point of view from the author and inspired by his own life. It was interesting that a few…

Sh_tting Yourself:  A Tale of Hospital Discovery
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Sh_tting Yourself: A Tale of Hospital Discovery

Despite being accident prone for most of my life, I have done an astounding job of avoiding hospital stays. While I may have had a brief brush with the emergency ward after breaking my collarbone at age five I have never actually had to do an overnight stay. Until now that is. Still making it…

The “Japanese Literary Nerd” Starter Pack
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The “Japanese Literary Nerd” Starter Pack

    Reading Japanese literature in Japan is a wonderful experience. If you’re a massive nerd like me, you can take literary pilgrimages to the places you visit in the novels.  I have traveled to some incredibly beautiful places because Mishima sent his melancoly protagonist there to describe the beauty of the landscape while pondering…