Japamericanization

Japanese crab hot pot カニさん鍋

Yesterday was Matt's birthday so I decided to have some of our friends over to have a crab hot pot. Hot pot, or Nabe (pronounced like nah-...

2011/11/14 03:29

Night walk at So-Co

South Congress is filled with cute restaurants and vintage shops.  But it is somewhat exhausting to walk around during the weekend because ...

2011/10/04 12:22

Bakasana-ing at Mount Bonnell :)

http://blackswanyoga.com/teacher/reiko The last couple of days have been amazingly beautiful in Austin.  It feels so great to practice out...

2011/10/03 08:35

My mint, Haruko chan

I got two plants recently and they survived through the dry summer.  I had a history of ruining some plants before, so I named them and hav...

2011/10/02 13:38

ACL ! ウィーケンド

オースティンで何が有名かっていうと、やっぱり音楽です。 毎週のように色々なアーティストがコンサートに来るのはもちろん、年に3，4回、各地からファンの集まる大きな音楽祭があるんです。そのメインになるひとつが、 ACL,   Austin City Limits   http...

2011/09/22 14:28

Colorful East

Even though Austin is not a big city , there are so many different faces to it.  Tokyo was the same way, but in a little bit bigger scale. I...

2011/09/12 02:31

If I disappear, this is where I would be...

Red Bud Isle..... I can call this place as my best favorite spot in Austin this summer. What I really appreciate Austin for is that the va...

2011/08/15 03:19

Don't just cook rice. Do it right.

I encountered many words and situations that could not be translated word to word from Japanese to English, and vice versa. " Washing r...

2011/08/07 10:41

Sushi, made by a Japanese

 Austinites love sushi . When I lived in East Lansing, Michigan, the only way for me to get to sushi was to find a restaurant with a pand...

2011/08/02 14:01

I did it ! I did it!

One of the things that I struggled in Austin, and that my friends and my coworkers always made fun of me about was.... my terrible skill of ...

2011/07/31 02:46

When I miss yoga

I decided to blog about Austin, but I cannot talk about Austin without going into my routine,  yoga!  I was introduce to yoga here in Austin...

2011/07/28 12:07

Text fights

My Grandma and grandpa would have never thought of things called "text fighting".  They would say, " why don't you go talk and knock them ou...

2011/07/26 21:54

A polite monster

I like Mellow Mushroom on Guadalupe. They have a Karaoke night every Thursday so I went. Japanese people love Karaoke. I used to stop by at...

2011/07/26 08:50

http://japamericanization.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-guys-really-like.html

What guys really like. ..

2011/07/25 22:16

Japanese exchange students in Austin

Here we were discussing what we should bring to a picnic with Japanese kids.            Me: bento-box or rice balls? Matt: A burger and fr...

2011/07/25 14:35

Too much to forget...

I am a Japanese girl, 26 years old. Moved to the U.S. in 2005.   I am in Austin, Texas now and loving my life here very much. The reason ...

2011/07/25 13:13