got those two categories of what Japanese concern themselves with backwards. Honne is the inner self–tatamae, the outward appearance. Anyway, here’s a little more background.
Note also the phenomenon mentioned in the article of Hikikomori . See any parallels in American culture?
April 26, 2007
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click here for a snapshot (several actually) of what the Japan trip from last year was like
Note also the very interesting phenomenon in that article of Hikikomori. Seeing any parallels in American culture?
April 25, 2007
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why go?
you know you want your life to matter, and while going to Japan certainly isn’t the only way to have your life matter, it is one way; so why not go? Jesus said “go”
two words: bath house (The public bath house is called the “Sento”… Last year we only had one rule: “What [...]
April 25, 2007
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let the word go forth: several from 20+ are headed to Japan June 8-16th…
April 25, 2007
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