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Q's MALL in Abeno-ku, Osaka

2:32 AM
When I moved to Japan, I had to leave a lot of things behind: DVDs, my tiny decent PS2 collection, my book collection (art books are notoriously heavyヽ(=´Д`=)ノ), as well as family and friends.  But there's one thing that followed me, whether I wanted it to or not, my love for shopping. In fact, it followed me to...

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2:21 AM
Slowly but surely, things are coming underway, but there is still lots of work to be done! I've put information in the Kansai-ben and Daily Life pages, but Osaka@ Night, Things to Do and Explore Japan are still being worked on. Hopefully I'll get some content into those over the weekend! If we're all luckyヽ(°▽、°)ノ For now, enjoy...

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Hanami in Kansai 2011

2:00 AM
Although Hanami season is sadly over, I really wanted to share some place for enjoying hanami in the Kansai areaヽ(´▽`)ノ. As I'm sure any person who nurtures an interest in Japan knows (or maybe doesn't know, there's always time to learn something new(●´-`●)), hanami is a brief few weeks in April (May in northern Japan) where the Japanese...

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