These mornings my ‘first coffee of the day’ time is spent with the NHK series, ‘Zero Waste Life’. Each episode is about 15 minutes long and each one focuses on some aspect of reusing/recycling items that would normally be tossed in the trash. In the West, we’re constantly faced with…
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Good Government 250 Years Ago? Who knew? – Child allowances, social security for seniors and more, thanks to Uesugi Harunori
Pretty much everything I know about Japan comes from watching NHK World, the free streaming service sponsored by the Japanese government. While I’d love to go there, I’m probably too old. I wouldn’t want to go alone, that’s for sure and I really don’t like flying. So I’m stuck watching…
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Everything and Nothing at All, Really – Just the state of things right now
It’s COLD in Toronto and will only get colder for at least the next week. The thermometer won’t creep above 0 C. and will go down to -11 C. most nights. So it’s ‘stay in the igloo’ time here. No matter what the weather I’ll walk outside every day. That’s…
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Anime – What’s with the female voices?
Fresh from subscribing to Crunchyroll, I find myself wondering why every female character voice actor uses a cutesy, young teen or pre-teen voice. The male voice actors seem normal and the dubbed English female voices are as well. I have subtitles turned on with the original audio in Japanese. Every…
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NHK 72 Hours – There’s a story in every episode
NHK is the national broadcaster in Japan, similar to Canada’s CBC, England’s BBCs and ABC in Australia. The similarity is only in the acronym, however. NHK is head and shoulders above any of these networks, at least in my opinion. Every show or series that I watch gives me another…
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Mastodon – A social media site that is strangely therapeutic
It’s cold in Toronto and I’m taking the weekend from developing ideas for my seminar on journaling. Today, it’s Mastodon. What’s Mastodon? It’s not just another social media site that steals your input, for one thing. You’re safe to share your stories, reflections, points of view, etc. I’ve found that…