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		<title>Capsule Inn Nagoya</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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This is what a person looks like when they are staying in a capsule hotel in Nagoya.  The capsule I found is actually a really good deal.  Turns out to be $25 a night and they have internet and lockers.  Also, it is one of those Japanese novelties everyone should experience!
Last month some time, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=youkoso.wordpress.com&blog=4707794&post=119&subd=youkoso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[皆さん、お久しぶりですね。　書くのは毎週のように約束をしましたが、守れなっかた。ごめんなさい。
So here is what I did since I last updated:
Met Chizuko-tachi in Tokyo
Helped present HAL at the United Nations Unversity&#8230; in Tokyo
School Festival!
Climb Mt. Tsukuba
Yasukuni, Dinner with Thompson-sensei&#8230; in Tokyo
Cyberdyne Press Release
School Festival!&#8230; in Tokyo
Climb Mt. Tsukuba again!
Here is what I have learned:
Mr. Donut sucks/I am too accustomed to cheap delicious donuts from America.
Japanese technos [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=youkoso.wordpress.com&blog=4707794&post=114&subd=youkoso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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 As I said before, I was in Tokyo last week for Fulbright orientation. It was like breakfast club, only the principal in our movie is really awesome (his name is Dr. Satterwhite and he is freaking awesome). Of course, there was the cool guy, the tough guy, the hot girl, etc, but it was only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=youkoso.wordpress.com&blog=4707794&post=52&subd=youkoso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alright, this one is for Nick</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in Tokyo last weekend. We stopped into a GasPanic (which is a shady club for foreigners, but we were there to try the pizza) and saw a poster about an upcoming event at which a couple rap groups would be playing. The thing was that each band had the F-word eloquently infused into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=youkoso.wordpress.com&blog=4707794&post=48&subd=youkoso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, Yuliy and I rode around for a while before hitting up a pizza place called Shakey&#8217;s. It was good deal considering 1) I was craving pizza since the day before I left the States and 2) for only 780¥ you could get the Runch Biking (lunch viking). When I paid, I found out that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=youkoso.wordpress.com&blog=4707794&post=40&subd=youkoso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Folk Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, on my way to the lab, I saw a little gathering of Japanese students. Apparently, they were planning a show for later that afternoon, but in the meantime, every guy in sight was shredding on his electric guitar with at least one girl watching him. The music was pretty good, all the bands [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=youkoso.wordpress.com&blog=4707794&post=30&subd=youkoso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bikes that are popular in Japan are like American beach-cruisers. They are called ママチャリ (mama &#8220;cherry&#8221;). I guess chari is a slang word for bike. All the bikes have baskets and are pretty slow. Also, no one locks their bikes up to anything, they just put a lock around the back tire. Here are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=youkoso.wordpress.com&blog=4707794&post=22&subd=youkoso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week 1 in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome to my new weblog! I&#8217;ll try to keep the site updated with my experiences, thoughts and research. Here is what has happened within the last week:
Day 1 &#8211; Landed in Narita on Thursday and made my way to Tokyo. Japan looks a lot like America. Talking to people was difficult, but I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=youkoso.wordpress.com&blog=4707794&post=3&subd=youkoso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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