Category: International Incident
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A-Bomb Day [International Incident]
Today is A-Bomb day, the anniversary of the day that the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in an attempt to end the aggression in the Pacific during World War II. It’s a day that many Americans do not think about, but every year the mayor of Hiroshima makes a statement and implores the […]
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Tire Therapy or Driving In My Car Saves My Sanity [II]
It was late fall or early winter. The precise season doesn’t matter; it was definitely cold. Equally cold was my companion riding shotgun. Her visit to icy Ithaca was, as usual, marred by the arguments we always found ourselves embroiled in, only this time I was living in a double with Min that should really […]
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Super Ichiban Travel Blog W Jersey Special [II]
The pride of my trip to Japan no doubt has to be the 12 jersey collection I brought home with me. Here is a quick rundown of each of the jerseys, a little background behind each, and what I think of it. I’m gonna cover them in the order that I got them, so that […]
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Super Ichiban Travel Blog Part XVIII: Homeward Bound [II]
Wow, what an early morning it was. Up at 0430 to finalize my packing and get ready to leave, we made our way to the train station around 0515 to catch a train back to Tokyo leaving at 0600. It’s brutal getting up that early and we even had to wait a while for the […]
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Super Ichiban Travel Blog Part XVII: In Which Our Hero Casually Greets Professional Players [II]
The last full day of the trip! Even though I was ready to go home, it still felt like I had unresolved business out in Japan. I wanted to go home and be back in my apartment and not traveling, but I also wanted to stay and watch more Japanese baseball and chow down on […]
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Super Ichiban Travel Blog Part XVI: Unstoppable Force, Meet Immovable Object [II]
When you’re on a 2.5 week trip, it hardly seems like it’s ever going to end, but it was my last day in Tokyo and it felt pretty surreal. It would be my last chance to tie up all my loose ends, so I headed out to get my final souvenirs and replace that stupid […]
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Super Ichiban Travel Blog Part XV: Someone’s Got To Be The Worst [II]
After a fun few days in Sapporo, it was finally time to head back to Tokyo. We were officially on the home stretch of the trip with only three teams left to see. I was starting to see the end of the trip in my sights and, I’ve got to admit, it was depressing to […]
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Super Ichiban Travel Blog Part XIV: The One Where We Miss Darvish [II]
Three days in Sapporo. One to fly in, one to catch a game, and one to fly out. We really only needed two, but the remote location and the unpredictability of flights and baseball game lengths warrant three. It’s a real shame too, because if we had rolled our arrival date into our baseball watching […]