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When did I find a woman's ass?(different fashion senses: 5)

25/August/2024

Clothing is the only thing to be considered. Body, physicality are ignored

'Are you gay?'(different fashion senses: 4)

25/August/2024

Europeans' fear of being misjudged. And their absurdities

Europeans' Unconditional Trust(different fashion senses: 3)

25/August/2024

Japanese people are afraid of the nature & body. Japanese can't enjoy organic things but only processed ones

Lack of Physical Quality(different fashion senses: 2)

25/August/2024

Modern clothes are all European origin. It's not made for Japanese body

Hiding & Revealing Body(different fashion senses: 1)

25/August/2024

European fashion is very dependant on body, while Japanese fashion on clothes

Japanese people are confused. Very confused

24/June/2024

Japan is making a great success of 'brainwashing' people outside

Extraordinary

3/January/2024

A place holds memory

Here & There

2/January/2024

I still don't know what I should feel about it

I am a part of 'you'

11/December/2023

I am a product of these history & culture. I am an accumulation of these memories

Only reason that allows me to stay abroad

28/November/2023

'Whenever I want, I can go back to my home country'

Unconditional Acceptance

24/November/2023

The more I leave Japan & come back, the more I become certain 'This is the only place'

Why are we so sentimental?

14/November/2023

Because the past is so safe

Idealised Past

13/November/2023

Life becomes absolutely unacceptable, unbearable, unforgivable

Real opinions about Japan

11/November/2023

This is my first time to hear opinions about my country from a person I know

My Attachment with Japan

11/November/2023

It's uneasy to be in a place where I don't have a strong reason for my stay

I can't live abroad forever

11/November/2023

The longer I stayed abroad, the more I felt unbearable

Spiritual Vacuum & Young Polish People

30/August/2023

These polite, considerate, kind, humanly notions are one of the youth's coping mechanisms with their spiritual vacuum

Religions & Suicide Rejection

23/August/2023

Suicide as a way of establishing oneself

Churches remind me of my origin

22/August/2023

It is this sense of connection that is completely missing when I visit churches

Abe: Losing a part of my life

21/August/2023

Once the name of Abe was heard, sharp vivid pain was momentarily passing by

World War II & Summer

15/August/2023

I always have almost an emotional conviction that everything of WW2 was happening during summer

Leaving Japan

22/July/2023

One chapter in my life comes to an end

Overflowing Kawaii

21/July/2023

This entire country, Japan, is filled with these Kawaii/cute stuff everywhere

Holding the door open for others

21/July/2023

firmly believe they are the most polite & humble people in the world

Not Learning Japanese

7/July/2023

is the only way to stay sane

Japanese Woman in Summer

3/July/2023

Summer is when more attention is required regarding one's fashion

Nonchalant Suicide

26/June/2023

Japan always has a very optimistic attitude on death, particularly suicide

Brainless Japanese

27/June/2023

Japanese people can't think about anything in their head

Japan ― Humidity ― Asia

24/June/2023

Unfilled, unsatisfied, intense emotions that Japanese arts always express

Men's fear of being judged as gay(Homosexuality part 2)

3/June/2023

I can enjoy seeing good-looking Japanese boys on the street in Tokyo

Right-wing nationalist as well as gay(Homosexuality part 1)

3/June/2023

Even being gay could emphasise he is more loyal to tradition

DNA Level Bonding

27/May/2023

This undeniable feeling that this artwork & I are from the same place

Pretty Japanese boys & girls

21/May/2023

Haven't received this simple fun of seeing good-looking faces

Tokyo

15/May/2023

I'm too familiar with this inhuman environment & inhuman humans, and I'm one of them

Japan, Excessive, Contribution

13/May/2023

Menstrual pads, tampons, sanitary items for women are inside

Complicated Relationship with My Language

10/May/2023

My relationship with Japanese language is very distorted

Japanese is not a speaking-oriented language

29/April/2023

Japanese always cut off a sentence & always put a pause between each clauses

Japanese has to be spoken timidly

29/April/2023

If it's spoken confidently, like we speak English, it just doesn't sound like Japanese

Eye Contact

24/April/2023

An entire population in this country are morbidly communication phobic

Japanese people are morbid

7/May/2023

Japanese people are spoiled, weak, passive, dependent, nervous, awkward, morbid

Japanese & 'You'

18/April/2023

Several days ago I was meeting someone who was studying Japanese

Japanese Apology

17/April/2023

Unbearable mental weakness of being submissive spontaneously & avoiding all potential conflict by an apology first

Nationality & Individuality(part 3)

9/April/2023

There is a couple of risks in living abroad

Nationality & Individuality(part 2)

9/April/2023

Denying one's own country inevitably leads us to self-denial & self-hatred

Nationality & Individuality(part 1)

9/April/2023

There is a drama between nationality & individuality

Attractive Names

4/April/2023

The Tale of Genji's chapter titles all sound attractive

Visited the countryside & felt guilty

2/April/2023

Visited grandparent's place last month

Japan's history makes me dizzy

1/April/2023

These days I was often reading books about Japan's Heian period (8 - 12th Century)

Abe's place

31/March/2023

Visiting this place was actually one of the main reasons why I went to Nara

Letter and Scent

31/March/2023

This close attention to details, this sensitivity, is something the Japanese in 21th century lost

42nd Chapter: The Tale of Genji

29/March/2023

More than 1 month has passed since I started The Tale of Genji, the oldest novel

Temple & Shrine

29/March/2023

Sometimes got asked differences between temple & shrine

Sakura: Momentarily yet Eternally

28/March/2023

A bit of an unfortunate year, Sakura falling quickly

My impressions on Nara

23/March/2023

Stayed in Nara for a bit Nara is Japan's oldest capital city, before Kyoto

Short stay in Nara

19/March/2023

My stay in Nara was quite short

My most difficult relationship

19/March/2023

Talking about Japanese people means talking about myself. There is a subject I tried to avoid over the past couple of months

Rough impression on Nara

18/March/2023

Feels like Nara is represented by hills

Unity & Individuality

18/March/2023

Nara's traditional houses often have wooden vertical grid

Names contain more history

17/March/2023

Like Kyoto, many old names remain in Nara as a district name

Reasons for visiting Nara

16/March/2023

I came to Nara this time only because I wanted to walk on these wild roads

Nara, a birth place of Japan

15/March/2023

Nara is far less known city, comparing to Kyoto

Kagawa: my real hometown

15/March/2023

Leaving Kagawa

Reading Abe's memoir

28/February/2023

While talking, something unexpected comes out of our mouth

February

20/February/2023

Towards the end of February, always some reluctant feeling is built up in me

My impressions on Kyoto

18/February/2023

I had never expected that 2-week-stay in Kyoto brought me such vivid impressions

Takano Etsuko: Railway crossing

14/February/2023

This was one of the places I had to pay a visit in Kyoto

Camellia

13/February/2023

Can't predict where luck is

Kyoto, a compact city

10/February/2023

Writing a letter, knowing this letter won't be delivered

Kamo River

10/February/2023

Kamo river is undeniably one of elements that make Kyoto attractive as a city

Uji, Kyoto

8/February/2023

3 days ago I visited Kyoto's southern town, Uji

An Outsider Japan

8/February/2023

When exchanging words with local person in Kyoto, in a restaurants/cafes/shops/street, I often feel some slight embarrassment

Loneliness Foreigners Japan

7/February/2023

Over the past several years, foreigners in Japan always catch my eye

Rome & Kyoto

6/February/2023

One of the things I found nice in Kyoto is Faces I pass on the street are diverse Languages I hear on the street are diverse

Foreigners in Kyoto

5/February/2023

One of the things I found nice in Kyoto is Faces I pass on the street are diverse Languages I hear on the street are diverse

Accent

2/February/2023

Sounds much softer, tender & surely more attractive, especially when pronounced by female

Self Love

2/February/2023

When I go to other country, I always think what a horrible place Japan is

First Impression on Kyoto

1/February/2023

My random impressions on Kyoto

Why am I visiting Kyoto?

29/January/2023

I'm unsure if Kyoto is famous or not abroad, but I'll stay in Kyoto for a bit

Kyiv―Yoshiko Sai―Etsuko Takano―Kyoto

28/January/2023

During my 1st visit to Kyiv, I often listened to 1976-released-album by Yoshiko Sai

Bombarded by Garbage

22/January/2023

Exposed to completely unnecessary matters everyday

About 2022

25/December/2022

This year will soon come to an end

Foreign Japanese Women

24/December/2022

In a foreign country when having a drink with local men/guys/boys, I frequently got askedm

Abe and Me

15/November/2022

More than 4 months passed since his death, but I still think about Abe

Warsaw and Tokyo

19/October/2022

Warsaw and Tokyo My first visit to Warsaw was June in 2014 And from the very beginning, my impression about this city hasn't changed at all

Queen's death and Me

10/September/2022

Yesterday was a bit strange day My 2nd book was based on my experiences in London where I lived for 2 years I needed to finish it by 8/Sep, because this day 10 years ago, 8/Sep/2012, was the day I left Japan for the UK and my London life began

My Thoughts about Shinzo Abe 3

14/July/2022

Watching the scene of ex-prime minister Abe's private funeral So many were gathering in the temple in the central Tokyo and so many shouted their thank you & gratitude to Abe

My Thoughts about Shinzo Abe 2

9/July/2022

It's been quite surprising for me after I wrote about Japan's ex-prime minister Abe last Friday 

My Thoughts about Shinzo Abe 1

8/July/2022

I got lots of DMs about Abe, like 'News about him keeps showing up' 'Who is he? Is he a good guy?' 'Very unusual to hear gun incident in Japan' etc.

Abe and Lukashenko

7/September/2020

Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, announced his resignation on 28th, August. This was very shocking news for me. Some sort

Pitfall of Living Abroad

24/December/2018

Why is living abroad exciting and so sweet?

Why does the Japanese glorify death?

10/September/2018

One of the answers is quite interesting. This answerer describes the Japanese attitude toward death very well