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Hinamatsuri: Girls Day in Japan
All my girlfriends had them: The entire set of Hinamatsuri dolls. I didn’t. “We aren’t Japanese and they cost too much” was the answer I always got when each year in late February and early March I would beg my … Continue reading
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Tagged gaijin, Girls Day, hinamatsuri, Japanese culture, Japanese history, origami
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Gay in Japan
I recently got involved in a conversation about whether I thought it was a good idea for a gay gaijin to come out in Japan. This is a biggie. My short answer was “no.” My longer is much more complicated. … Continue reading
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Tagged coming out, Gays in Japan, Hard Gay, homosexuality, homosexuality in Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese history
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