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This is my take on what it’s like to live in Japan. Not to stay for a year or two, gush about how “everything is SO exotic!” and then run off back home, but to settle down here permanently, becoming an office drone and trying to save some cash on a middle-class wage. Such joy could be yours.

This blog will be a hodgepodge of whatever I feel like posting on at the moment. Gradually a pattern will emerge as you find:

No
Long-winded philosphical musings
Pictures of my “Japan experience”
Up-close and personal discussions on ME!

Yes
Information on living in Japan
Work-related anecdotes
Very Bad Language!

(You can avoid that last one there by steering clear of the Rant category. And the General category. For the most part.)

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4 Responses

  1. Tosh Yamamoto, on January 22nd, 2009 at 11:59 pm Said:

    Hi,
    You mentioned about microbrews on your page about the Asahi stout and was wondering if you knew of a website or some sort of resource for finding microbrews in Japan (specifically Miyagi). I’m interested to see what the microbrew scene is like in Japan.

    Thanks for any help,
    Tosh

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  2. jturningpin, on January 23rd, 2009 at 11:26 am Said:

    I found this list (in English) of brewpubs but it’s rather Tokyo-centric: http://www.bento.com/r-beer.html

    Here’s a list of actual breweries, as opposed to brewpubs, for Japan (be sure to scroll down a bit to get to the list): http://www.bento.com/kansai/rev/beeronline.html

    And Google.jp gave me this list (in Japanese) of Miyagi ji-biiru establishments: http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?hl=ja&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=%E5%AE%AE%E5%9F%8E+%E5%9C%B0%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB&fb=1&split=1&gl=jp&view=text&cd=1&output=html

    Apparently, a certain “Naruko Onsen Brewery” is located in Miyagi as well.

    Hope this helps.

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  3. Chuwy, on March 2nd, 2009 at 1:48 pm Said:

    Brian & co have some good info on the BrewsNews site. I have about 60 or more craft beer bars on my simple blog, but again it’s Tokyo centred. I try to simply provide links to the bar websites and the particular beers on tap that day. Try to update every day but it’s not always possible. Got a job to do at the same time.
    Good blog, John. not sure about the word ‘groin’ but good reading, nonetheless.

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  4. jturningpin, on March 2nd, 2009 at 5:15 pm Said:

    Hey there Chuwy,

    I’ve seen you around but for some reason it didn’t click that you had a blog of your own. I checked it out and was happy to set up a link to it. I look forward to going through it in more detail.

    And the word “groin” rocks.

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