Welcome Home? 「お帰りなさい？」

Hi, and welcome to Gaijin at Home, a blog about reverse culture shock.  I returned home at the end of April, 2011 from nearly seven years of living in Japan—and I mean living in Japan.  For most of that time, I had little daily contact with people who were not Japanese citizens, and after a few years, Japan felt like home to me.  Now, I'm back in the United States, and I must say: it takes a bit of getting used to.  In this blog, I'll write about some of the day-to-day occurrences (and some not-so-day-to-day occurrences) that strike me as, well, foreign.

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This site makes liberal use of Japanese characters.  If you cannot see the text below, you will need to adjust your browser before viewing this site.
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