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The Whites' Tokyo Blog

English - Japan, Travel, Teaching
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The Whites' Tokyo Blog · 1Y ago

Savoring Uncertainty

Finally I’ve been waiting for some time for the moment when it felt right…to write again.  After writing about the loss of a friend, Ben Larson, in the Haiti earthquake in 2010, something seemed amiss whenever I would approach writing for my own sake.  Each idea just never seemed interesting enough
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The Whites' Tokyo Blog · 2Y ago

Updates

Howdy friends. A few updates since life is moving a billion miles an hour right now (as usual): 1.) We still live in Tokyo. Yep, no change there. 2.) We’re moving!…to another place in Tokyo.  Rachael found an absolute gem of an apartment.  It’s quiet, much larger, has a garden/patio, and that makes
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The Whites' Tokyo Blog · 2Y ago

Going for a Wok in Chinatown (Yokohama, Japan)

Over Christmas break Rachael and I took a short train ride to Yokohama, Japan (about 45 minutes) in search of one of her Christmas presents. When we arrived, we realized we’d forgotten our guidebook, which despite living here for a year and a half is still quite valuable for things like this.  So, u
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The Whites' Tokyo Blog · 2Y ago

My super bike

Tomorrow, I’ll be taking my super-bike in for repairs.  But this purple beauty has been pretty good to me, so here’s a little photo update on the awesomeness that is my current Tokyo commuter bicycle. This bike began as a generous gift from a parent at our school, and it has been transformed into my
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The Whites' Tokyo Blog · 2Y ago

Ben Larson (1984-2010)

This past week, I heard about the devastating loss of life in Haiti through news coverage online.  The destruction and deadly power of that earthquake was unsettling personally for many reasons, but somehow the estimated death toll didn’t “sink in” in any meaningful way. Then, Rachael got a late-nig
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The Whites' Tokyo Blog · 2Y ago

Embracing Defeat, John W. Dower

This book was a phenomenally eye-opening account of the confusion and evolution of Japan before and especially after the Second World War.  Though I certainly won’t retain all the information I read about in this well-written but dense piece of history, here’s an attempt to jot down a few lessons: 1
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The Whites' Tokyo Blog · 2Y ago

Happy New Year!

Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! This year, we rang out the New Year in a very different way.  Rather than try to celebrate in our “normal” way, watching the countdown with some champagne and friends, we decided to fully embrace being in Japan for the holiday. New Year’s food: soba, mochi, sweet potat
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The Whites' Tokyo Blog · 2Y ago

Homelessness in Japan

Growing up, my family often stressed the importance of reaching out to our homeless neighbors in Colorado.  We spent many holidays serving meals at local shelters and I was impressed at a young age with an understanding of the presence and pain of homelessness and poverty in the Denver area.  This o
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The Whites' Tokyo Blog · 2Y ago

A few more Christmas photos to share

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The Whites' Tokyo Blog · 2Y ago

Christmas Craziness in Tokyo, 2009

For our one (and only, hopefully) Christmas away from home and family, we decided to make the best of it by searching for Christmas tradtiions here in Tokyo and also making sure to continue many of our own. We bought new ornaments for our Charlie Brown 2.0 Tree, ones that I hope we’ll keep for [...]
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