Who Will Win The Happy New Year? Reflections on the Kohaku
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt It is New Years Eve in the average family household in Japan, at about a quarter past…
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Christmas in Japan Means Chicken!
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt Christmas in Japan means Chicken. I usually date the beginning of Christmas in Japan by the moment…
Shocked but not Surprised
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt There are times when, as a disabled person, I have to remind myself to be shocked by…
The Strange on a Japanese Train
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt The doors slid open on the nearly vacant subway car and a mass of passengers piled in.…
The Daily Shock of Re-entry
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt She experiences the small daily shock of reentry that every foreigner in Tokyo knows. A sudden, pulse-quickening…
A Space of One’s Own in Japan
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt I see it as a twilight genre between the night of confession and the daylight of criticism.…
