Tag Archives: Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving

Runners- Oh And You Clampitts- Take Your Mark

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Emily Cannell

Eleniloporto from “Cross Cultural Insights” outlined the differing hierarchy of needs between ExPat progeny and their parents during the time long after the moving boxes have been recycled and all can locate the drawer containing the silverware, provided the family … Continue reading →

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Can the Tokyo Tower Entertain Two Teenagers, A Driver, A Mom and a Senior Citizen?

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Emily Cannell

Every visitor to Tokyo shares a common experience when driving in the from the airport. The driver will point out the Tokyo Tower: The appropriate response is not, “Who cares?” but “Fascinating radio tower! Just how tall is it?” The … Continue reading →

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The Ex Pats Abandon Ship

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Emily Cannell

The last day of school. A year for the record books ended at noon today. On my walk home I pondered that age-old question,”Just how late can I sleep before a long-established caffeine addiction bulldozes through REM?” when an eye-catching … Continue reading →

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A Walk Through Yoyogi Park

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Emily Cannell

Apparently, “enjoying the scenery” along the way is a life lesson still yet to learn as somewhere between my 10k training days 8 and 10, on loop 46 or 47, I noticed the roses in full bloom at Yoyogi Park. … Continue reading →

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Caught in the Throes of More Language Woes

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Emily Cannell

The Offspring learned the first “alphabet” of the two Japanese versions in September while I sit still struggling to pronounce one syllable words with the prekindergarten version at month 8.  I wax on at my Japanese teacher, pointing in her … Continue reading →

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We Knew It Was Coming, It’s Here….

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Emily Cannell

The Rainy Season. The Weatherman, Apple and Andretti-san predict the rain will continue until the end of June. My crystal ball predicts that if The Nose’s care package full of Zoloft doesn’t get here soon, I will sleep until July … Continue reading →

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Hmmmm, Don’t Do This on Your Next Trip To Japan- Culture Lesson # 14

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Emily Cannell

Warning: Certain gestures, habits, and customs routinely incorporated in to daily life at home, residents on foreign soil may view as rude or insulting.  The Deacon sat waiting patiently in the library at a metal folding table, his chair on … Continue reading →

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The Glamorous Life of an ExPat Wife

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Emily Cannell

Done with all that whininess that can be the ExPat mentality- culture shock, kids coming home from the first day of school without a friend, facing a grocery store selling brains, organ meat or live animals, or not hearing one … Continue reading →

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The Patience of Bamboo

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Emily Cannell

In 3 months, we’ll have been in Japan a year. During that time, I’ve managed to avoid all forms of cultural education that didn’t involve travel, snowboarding, hiking, junking, or eating. I’m a firm believer in learning the culture based … Continue reading →

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No Matter What Country You’re In…

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Emily Cannell

parents are embarrassing. Even when not trying. Like swimming parents, track parents must camp out for days waiting for the seconds Junior will either sprint, lope or lumber by. Spouse and I have become experts in the years that the … Continue reading →

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