Smiley's Tropical Escape Vox 2008-06-27T09:47:27Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251e70a18e1d/tags/japanese/ Sad Songs on a Broken Ukelele Daido Moriyama Exhibit tag:vox.com,2008-06-25:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00fa968198f70002 2008-06-25T13:03:10Z 2008-06-27T09:47:27Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Hawaii

Last Saturday I had a bit of free time to kill in downtown Tokyo, so I went to one of my favorite places: The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Through the end of June they are running the 2008 award winners for photojournalism as well ...

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]]> Lingo tag:vox.com,2008-01-02:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398cdd3650001 2008-01-02T05:59:57Z 2008-01-02T05:59:57Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom So, I've been thinking about languages recently. Nothing new, really, except that instead of the mechanics of language, I've been thinking about how we acquire languages. Many of my circle of friends are in mixed-nationality marriages and speak ...

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]]> Manga Review: One Piece Vol. 1 Romance Dawn tag:vox.com,2007-05-06:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00d4143598e63c7f 2007-05-06T02:34:01Z 2007-05-12T00:46:43Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn One Piece Vol. 1 (One Piece) (in Japanese)

One Piece is the story of Strawhat Luffy, a boy whose sole ambition in life is to become King of the Pirates; chapter 3 of Volume 1 opens with Luffy riding a shark, cowboy style, complete with a rope strung between its teeth for reigns. This ima...

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]]> Rock Star tag:vox.com,2007-04-29:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00d41433bcf93c7f 2007-04-29T12:24:06Z 2007-04-29T12:24:06Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Florescent light gleamed off the card case I was holding against one of my flashcards, wondering if the one would fit into the other with a minimum of fuss and / or bending. A little girl, maybe about six, walked by, wide-eyed and curious. Her e...

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]]> QotD: Speak To Me In... tag:vox.com,2006-09-14:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00c2252635c98fdb 2006-09-14T05:01:18Z 2006-09-14T05:48:41Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom How many languages can you speak? Which languages can you read or understand? I speak English fluently, Japanese ok, Spanish a bit, and Italian just enough to make an ass out of myself. I read and write a fair bit of Italian, as well as a fair...

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]]> QotD: Key words tag:vox.com,2006-08-11:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00c22520e14a549d 2006-08-11T00:27:34Z 2006-08-11T00:27:34Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom What are your favorite and least favorite words? Any reasons why? Question submitted by Byrne. In the past several years, since I have been studying, many of my favorite words are, in fact, Japanese. English speakers in Japan, like any group of...

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