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How to Learn Japanese

People ask me how I get so good at Japanese, even though I’ve never lived there. Well, the short answer is I had a Japanese girlfriend, but that’s not the whole story. Here is how you learn Japanese. It’s not … Continue reading

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Pics from the Torrance natsumatsuri

You all missed the spectacle of a White guy in a Hapi coat (me!) and all these Japanese people hauling around a mini-Shinto Shrine – ostensibly one of only two in the US, I might add. Dancing + Heavy Lifting … Continue reading

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