Nobori Diaries

This is a culture trip of my life in Japan. I hope to introduce Japanese culture by showing what I am doing working in Japan as an ALT for the JET programme. If you want a more day by day breakdown please visit my LJ at, nikki_injapan@livejournal.com

Saturday, March 31, 2012

It's Not Just Mud

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This week I went down to Ishinomaki, a small town about an hour from Sendai City. This town and the ones next to it were greatly effected by...

Friday, February 17, 2012

Living in the North

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For those of you that don't know, I live in Hokkaido Japan. It's the most northern island of Japan. It is also close to Russia and i...

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Friday, February 10, 2012

Kyushoku

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Kyushoku is the Japanese word for School Lunch. Every day I am feed a well balanced lunch, though sometimes it can be a bit heavy on the car...

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Monday, January 2, 2012

お正月- Ringin' in the New Year

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This year I celebrated the New Year with a Japanese family. It was quite the experience!! Japanese New Year = a lot of eating. There is a lo...

Monday, December 19, 2011

Baking in Japan

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Ah the Holiday season is upon us all. And that means its time for baking. In Japan, its often hard to find the right ingredients for all tho...

Monday, July 18, 2011

Fuji: The climb of a life time

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This weekend I climbed Fuji. It was exhausting, and totally worth it. Seeing the sunrise from the top of Mt. Fuji is differently something I...

Monday, June 13, 2011

Japanese Baseball

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This weekend I went to my first Japanese baseball game. The atmosphere was very different from an American game. But in the end baseball is ...

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ashitara: I am a 23 year old teacher. I graduated from CSU, in Fort Collins as a theatre and asian studies major and am now in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido. I teach junior high, and elementary students English.

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