By Madison Roper “Baka gaijin!” is something my brother, Kyle, and I have been saying to each other at least once a week since coming to Japan at the beginning of April. In Japanese, ‘baka’ means idiot and ‘gaijin’ means foreigner or someone who’s non-Japanese. Kyle and I are Japanese…
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Travel: Japan’s temples have much to teach
By Madison Roper “You’ve been blessed by God for seeing that,” said Megumi Yoshihisa, after witnessing a monk bang a drum at a temple. Megumi and her husband Yasushi are part of my family, and a huge reason I was able to see so much of Japan. Out of everything…
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Japan Tsunami relief benefit.
Japanese Students Cope with Disaster
How the Japan disaster has affected Whatcom’s Japanese students