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After getting bored with high school French, Scott came to a crossroads in life whether to study Japanese or Native American Mohawk instead. Mohawk's lack of kanji was its ultimate downfall, and Scott hasn't looked back since. After years of non-stop sweating while working as a translator in sweltering Okinawa, he moved back to his native, delightfully frigid Massachusetts to work as a private Japanese tutor. His hobbies include re-reading One Piece for the hundredth time, dreaming about Shakey's Pizza, and getting feedback on stories he's written from both his wife and cat.
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W.T.F. Japan: The top five “sora” references of all time! 【Weird Top Five】
- Scott Wilson
May 1, 2024 - Tweet
At SoraNews24, we love “sora,” the Japanese word for sky, so let’s take a look at some of the most memorable instances of the word in Japanese history.
- Japan
- (scotto-sensei • Sora • W.T.F. Japan • Weird Top Five)
Train station entrance in Yokohama is straight out of a post-apocalyptic horror game【Video】
- Scott Wilson
Apr 17, 2022
Nope.
- Japan
- (creepy • Kanagawa • scary • train station • train stations • twitter • Yokohama)
After reopening, Japan to require foreigners to eat *daily* sushi to revitalize tourism industry
- Scott Wilson
Apr 1, 2022
Will it taste as good when shoved down our throats?
- Japan
- (April Fools' Day • coronavirus • funny • SNO)
High school girls in Japan create and sell “butt-shaped soap,” praised as “way too high quality”
- Scott Wilson
Mar 26, 2022
Design based on “naked festival” fundoshi butts.
Japanese first grader wins math contest by quantifying “which hiragana are the hardest to write”
- Scott Wilson
Mar 6, 2022
The search for the objectively hardest hiragana.
Japanese Twitter user gives perfect comeback when grandma starts hating on video games
- Scott Wilson
Feb 27, 2022
So simple, yet so effective.
- Japan
- (comeback • funny • grandma • grandmother • twitter • video games)
Need a work-from-home office fast? Set up this Japanese cardboard desk in less than 1 minute
- Scott Wilson
Feb 19, 2022
Eco-friendly *and* tiny-home-friendly.
- Japan
- (cardboard • desk • eco-friendly • standing desks • work at home • work from home)
Passing the JLPT N1 — Here’s how I did it, so you can too!
- Scott Wilson
Feb 11, 2022
Strategies to take down the N1 final boss.
- Japan
- (books • Japanese books • Japanese language • jlpt • linguistics • N1 • strategies • studying • test taking • tests • tips)
Tokyo hot spring allows guests with tattoos to bathe… with some very odd restrictions
- Scott Wilson
Feb 6, 2022
Progress! …kind of?
- Japan
- (hot springs • onsen • society • tattoos • tattoos in Japan)
Japanese elementary school teacher under fire after selling students’ personal info online
- Scott Wilson
Jan 30, 2022
“I want to know how much they offered him.”
- Japan
- (crime • elementary school • elementary school students • Japanese elementary schools • personal information • personal information leak • privacy)
Snow in Japan turns vending machine into ice-cold gacha game
- Scott Wilson
Jan 22, 2022
Pick a button, any button!
Mother of Sanrio character My Melody gets flak online for dispensing horrible love/life advice
- Scott Wilson
Jan 15, 2022
Excuse me, what did you say?!
Married Japanese men and women rank the things they miss most about single life
- Scott Wilson
Jan 9, 2022
Interesting overlaps and differences between genders.
Hidden Easter Egg in Akira shows animator’s hilarious passive-aggressive frustrations
- Scott Wilson
Dec 26, 2021
When you hate your boss but you’re also on a deadline.
These dozens of AI-generated Pokémon look more official than some actual official ones【Pics】
- Scott Wilson
Dec 18, 2021
“I’d believe it if someone told me they were real Pokémon.”
Amigara Fault for cars?! Tunnel in Okayama just barely big enough for vehicles to fit through
- Scott Wilson
Dec 11, 2021
It was made for me… and my car.
Tokyo middle school leaflet asks students to write down, turn in their social media passwords
- Scott Wilson
Dec 4, 2021
The board of education’s excuse doesn’t really hold up.
- Japan
- (board of education • middle school • Nerima • passwords • privacy • SNS • social media)
Japanese police officer comes up with cute reminder to help people not get scammed over the phone
- Scott Wilson
Nov 28, 2021
His pun-game is almost as strong as his origami-game.
14-year-old Japanese girl tosses cart from roof of Don Quijote, arrested for attempted murder
- Scott Wilson
Nov 27, 2021
“Horrifying….”
- Japan
- (crime • Don Quijote • middle school • Osaka • Suminoe)
Come camp with us on Mt. Jinbagata, the best view you can get without breaking a sweat【SoraCamp】
- Scott Wilson
Nov 17, 2021
You bring the marshmallows, we’ll bring the pics.
- Japan
- (camping • COK • Laid-Back Camp • Mt. Jinbagata • Nagano • Nagano Prefecture • nature • outdoors • SNO • Yuru Camp)
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