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Map gift
A train map appears mysteriously at our doorstep.
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Train route website
I’m quite sure that I couldn’t manage without Jorudan’s train route detail website. Type in your starting and ending station and it tells you where to change, how long the ride will be, and how much it costs. Doesn’t matter whether you’re going across town or across the country–this is one great resource. In English:…
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Picking at chicken
A wandering mind in the kitchen.
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Sidewalk
Because of all the construction in our neighborhood, the past year has seen the local sidewalks dug up and patched over three or four times. But it has finally drawn to a close. For the past few weeks, the curb-layers were building new edging and yesterday the bricks were delivered. They worked hard this weekend…
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Casting Call
Looking for Japanese and foreign actresses and actors.
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Favorite letters
What are yours?
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Dictionary of Japanese Food
A handy reference for the kitchen.
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Passnet cards
When your Passnet card has less than a full ticket’s worth of value, you can slot it into the ticket machine and make up the difference in coins to buy a ticket. You can use up to two Passnet cards at a time this way. For example, you need 190 yen ticket and have a…
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Kenchin
Root vegetable soup perfect for warming up after winter fun.
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ISBN application
Filling in Japanese forms is…fun?
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