http://drsenbei.your-japan.com Just another Your-Japan.com weblog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:00:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en    A recent opinion poll by the Yomiuri Shinbun found that 55% of women believe that they can live happily without being married, up a whopping 30% from 1978 figures. Similarly, only 30% of women agreed that the ideal marriage has the husband working while the wife stays at home. ... http://drsenbei.your-japan.com/2008/08/27/the-howling-of-a-loser/    So I’ve been in Kanazawa for over a year now. I bet you were all expecting a One Year Anniversary Introspective, but you’ll find no such soul searching here. Instead I’m going to talk about my recent trip to Tokyo.     I was in Tokyo for ten days over the ... http://drsenbei.your-japan.com/2008/08/26/kanazawa-year-one/ I¡Çve found myself doing a lot of reading lately.The cold weather and lack of insulation in my house has driven me to seek refuge in coffee shops. This is a bit trickier then it sounds. The stylish cafés along the waterways close around 8:00 at the latest. The staff at ... http://drsenbei.your-japan.com/2008/02/20/tea-time/ In Japan it is customary to close the past twelve months with an end of the year party: Bounenkai, or literally "forget the year party." And what better way to forget the year then booze! Japanese love to party and will shoehorn any significant happening into a drinking event because once ... http://drsenbei.your-japan.com/2007/12/21/forget-the-year/ Back in the states, the gradual advent of Christmas songs on the radio and in malls is thought of as a harbinger of the end times rather than the precursor for the joyful holiday they are meant to represent. Noel hitting heavy rotation on the airwaves means you can expect ... http://drsenbei.your-japan.com/2007/12/06/its-that-time-again/ My sleep schedule is off again. Normally I¡Çm in bed by Midnight and up by 7:00, but lately I¡Çm lucky if I can fall asleep by 1:00 and bump my alarm up an hour when it wakes me six hours later. Even though my body is telling me to sleep my ... http://drsenbei.your-japan.com/2007/11/14/no-doze-part-ii/ Last time I lived in Japan on the Japan Adventure Program, my friend Mike used to keep tally on a whiteboard of Him VS Japan. Whenever one got the better of the other he'd add a tick mark. Get owned by the konbini clerk because you don't understand that she's ... http://drsenbei.your-japan.com/2007/10/18/%c2%b2%c3%a6%c2%bd%c2%a2%c2%b4i/ I've always been a little akward and a late bloomer as a result. http://drsenbei.your-japan.com/2007/10/03/were-big-in-japan/ APRE I did it. It didn't take me long, but I found my way to the ocean http://drsenbei.your-japan.com/2007/09/12/apre/ As my third week in Kanazawa comes to a close I am able to collect my thoughts in a more positive, logical manner. The main obstacle that I had to overcome was not one of necessifty but of luxary. Everything is so familiar, simple, and even expected. I can easily navigate ... http://drsenbei.your-japan.com/2007/08/26/the-nitty-gritty/