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A Japanese New Year

January 2nd 2009
7,000 miles away from any familiar American New Year's traditions....I began my Japanese New Year celebration with friends here at my dormitory. We all ate dinner together and huddled around the television to watch the New Year's special live from Tokyo which featured Japan's most famous music, film, and sports stars. This is pretty similar to the American TV show Rockin New Year's Eve with Dick C ... read more
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Willie J Inman
Willie J
Willie J
My name is Willie J. Inman and I am an American living abroad in Nagahama, Japan teaching English with the JET Programme as an Assistant Language Teacher of English. I studied abroad in Japan during my collegiate years at Ritsumeikan University from Sept 2008 - Aug 2009 and I really enjoyed my time in Japan enough to return yet once again but this time taking on my first real job. Nagahama and Shiga-ken is such a beautiful place with Lake Biwa and the surrounding mountains. I will primarily use this blog to post info and pictures about my trips in Japan and abroad and some bits and pieces abou... full info
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