by Amarden | Sep 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Crisp white dress shirts dot the train car like pimples. Matte ties in dark neutrals coordinate with suit pants. Then, at the feet, a surprise: gorgeous and expensive Italian leather shoes. The sun has set over Roppongi; the Salarymen are going home. The one across...
by Amarden | Jul 4, 2018 | Adventures of an Expat Writer in Japan, Australia
It is a shaggy black-feathered cousin of the turkey, the size of a smallish emu with a raptor claw on each foot. It jumps five feet high, attacks with its claws first, and leaves egg-hatching to the males while the females find more mates. It’s a relative of the...
by Amarden | Jun 13, 2018 | Adventures of an Expat Writer in Japan, Australia
The ten-seater van lurched right as the driver zoomed around yet another hairpin turn. I looked out the window, over the edge of a cliff, and silently praised my decision to sit near the front of the van instead of the back. I was mildly carsick here; I’d be throwing...
by Amarden | Oct 12, 2017 | Adventures of an Expat Writer in Japan, China
This is a retelling of a story a Chinese woman shared with me when I asked if eating dog meat was popular in China: Dog meat? Yes, some people – a lot of people – like dog meat. There are special dogs that are raised, they’re farmed like pigs or cows, and they are...
by Amarden | Sep 12, 2017 | Adventures of an Expat Writer in Japan
Bumper to bumper traffic. Horns blasting all around. The slow crawl of the left turn lane. Out the window, one young man shuffles along with Bluetooth headphones, bopping his head to the beat and playing air drums with tattooed arms. Next to him, an older man in a...
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