The most common advice bloggers receive, other than to post regularly (ha!), is to find and hold a focus. Few Japan blogs have managed that better over the past several years than the consistently useful Get Hiroshima Blog. Kept mostly by a British and American couple living and working in, well, Hiroshima, the blog keeps [...]
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Get Hiroshima Blog
Posted in living, miscellany, nightlife, people on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tokyo Through the Drinking Glass
Posted in culture, food, living, nightlife on July 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Despite the title, this is not just another English teacher evincing the early signs of what will shortly become full-blown alcoholism. Melinda Joe is, according to her profile, “a graduate of the John Gauntner Sake Professional Course and a WSET (Wine and Spirit Education Trust) Wine Certificate holder.” She also writes a bar column for [...]
The Workaholic Hostess
Posted in living, nightlife, people on May 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Interesting primarily because there are so few similar blogs in English. Jade (not her real name) is an American citizen working in a Roppongi hostess club. In her blog, she writes about her co-workers, customers both good and bad, and her alcoholic mama-san.
The blog is obviously a place for her to blow off some steam, [...]

