Yesterday, I arrived in Nagoya, Japan and my Asialink residency began. My residency motto is “Ganbarimasho!” (“Let’s do it!”) What I plan to do tonight is to learn some katakana. Ganbarimasho: it’s time to get my katakana on. So, tonight, I’ll turn my attention to writing and you can turn your attention to a...
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Tomorrow, I’m going to have my first Japanese language lesson. Why? Because I’ve received an Asialink writing residency. Next year, I’ll be at Aichi Shukutoku University in Nagoya, Japan for 3-4 months. I’ll be researching various Japanese popular cultural interests to broaden my use of pop culture in my fiction and also to inform...
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