@azircon

<p>Japan is very popular and one thing everyone wants to know about — or <em>thinks</em> they want to know about — is Japanese history. When people find I live here, questions of J…

# Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taikodani Inari-jinja Shrine I had to give myself a break in writing yesterday. It is for two reason, one I had no time and second I like to give myself a …

# The Eternal Wait: ### Okunoin in Rain, Mist, and the Shadow of Basho Yesterday I spent the whole day at Koyasan. Most of the time at Okunoin Cemetery. It is probably the most …

# A Samurai's Stride Yesterday was a bit blurry as I was busy passing through the great city of Osaka and its subway system! Yeah, that is how detached this post will be relative …

# When the East Wind Blows Yesterday, I have walked 26K steps through different monuments of Nara, and I am overwhelmed both physically and emotionally. So if I drift all over the…

# Fushimi Inari Taisha I have only heard about Fushimi Inari Taisha from my older daughter 2 years back when she visited the shrine during of her extended school trip of Japan. I…

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# Tokyo Station Everyone told me that Tokyo is crowded. Obviously it is, and yet, there is no reason to be scared about that. They have also mentioned that Tokyo station is crowd…

# Start of a fabled trip! Yes, it the first image is a drab view of a grey morning outside the window of a Polaris Lounge at Terminal 6: LAX on purpose! I find it ironic the amou…

# More Words It is common knowledge that as we learn a new language our vocabulary improves with time. There are a lot of study on the subject and we can test something similar, A…

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# Persepolis During the week, my younger daughter got a cross word puzzle assignment from school where the content is _banned books_. Parents were asked to help them a little bit …

# Gamification of Learning Alright! My Japanese learning is 2 weeks deep now. I am using a variety of tools but currently liking Duolingo a lot, mostly because of its gamification…

# Are We Gamers? Recently @beaker007 forwarded me [an article](https://wolvesdao.substack.com/p/are-we-gamers-or-just-degens-the) about the web-3 gamers, the world I spend a lot o…

# Galápagos Syndrome I was recently reading a lot of Japanese industry and corporate culture and how it is impacting its society and people's lifestyle. It is a fascinating subje…

# However! There are many benefits in engaging in writing a blog at hive. I have written [700+ post at hive blogging platform](https://peakd.com/hive-180505/@azircon/importance-of…

# So What? So the crypto market is suddenly down and hive flash-crashed to 6 cents for a few seconds, and still down at 14 cents. So What? Nothing happens to you and me unless yo…

 Episode 2 of Meet the Praetorians has lan…

# Long Term Commitment Yesterday, I did a short post about learning Japanese. I have no idea if I will ever be successful in saying 2 sentences in Japanese ever or not! However, t…

# Learning Japanese Okay! I know this might sounds crazy and I know I may not be able to make much progress, but I am going to give it a try. Mind you I have tried to learn a new…