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Scott Wilson

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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Is it a Lawson or a train station? We investigate the mysterious Sekiguchi Station

• Scott Wilson
  Feb 12, 2021
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Melon bread or train tickets, which can we buy here?

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • Gifu Prefecture • Japanese train stations • Lawson • Rural Japan • Seki • SNO • train stations)

Japanese man leaves horrible job, gets even more shockingly horrible letter from the company

• Scott Wilson
  Feb 6, 2021

“Wire us the amount of your paycheck immediately.”

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• Japan
• (black companies • black corporation • black kigyo • illegal • twitter • working in Japan)

Japanese government discussing stricter copyright laws on cosplay, top cosplayer Enako chimes in

• Scott Wilson
  Jan 24, 2021

New rules may regulate social media photos and profit made from cosplay.

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• Japan
• (copyright • cosplay • dojin • doujin • Enako • Japanese law • law)

Official Hololive clear files now available at FamilyMart convenience stores【Pics】

• Scott Wilson
  Jan 19, 2021

An anime dog, rabbit, and fox walk into a conbini.

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• Japan
• (clear files • Familymart • Ghana • HoloLive • Inugami Korone • Shirakami Fubuki • SNO • Usada Pekora • VTuber)

Japanese Twitter user shares ingenious idea of what to do when you get way too much snow【Pics】

• Scott Wilson
  Jan 10, 2021

“I’ve always hated snow, but looking at this I’m kind of jealous lol.”

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• Japan
• (beer • funny • Kirin Beer • snow • snowstorm • twitter)

Huge crowds go to Japanese temples on New Year to “pray for things to return to normal”

• Scott Wilson
  Jan 2, 2021

The only thing thicker than the crowds is the irony.

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• Japan
• (atsuta shrine • coronavirus • COVID-19 • hatsumode • kanda shrine • new year • New Year 2021 • shrines)

Is it rude to eat when your food arrives first at a restaurant? Japanese people weigh in

• Scott Wilson
  Dec 26, 2020

The meal arrives; the battle begins.

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• Japan
• (eating • eating out in Japan • food • restauramts • social norms)

Demon Slayer is so pervasive, it’s starting to affect Japanese children’s kanji reading ability

• Scott Wilson
  Dec 19, 2020

“I didn’t even realize I was reading it wrong myself.”

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• Japan

Lawson to post super-temp positions online, let anyone work suddenly-open shifts at stores

• Scott Wilson
  Dec 12, 2020

Speedrunning part-time work.

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• Japan
• (conveniece stores • convenience store • Lawson • temp • working in Japan)

Man worried girlfriend spending too long in bath goes to check on her, finds something surprising

• Scott Wilson
  Dec 5, 2020

“Your girlfriend is looking a little hairy lol.”

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• Japan
• (bath tub • bathing • cats • cute • funny • pets • twitter)

Japanese temple puts up three messages of wisdom the Internet should take to heart

• Scott Wilson
  Nov 21, 2020

The monks know us better than we do.

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• Japan
• (advice • Buddhist temple • Higashi Honganji • internet • internet advice • Kyoto • life advice)

Natural grown peace-sign-shaped potato in Japan is the good omen we all need right now

• Scott Wilson
  Nov 8, 2020

The first good thing to grow out of 2020.

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• Japan
• (food • miracle • peace • peace sign • potato)

New “Bottle Man” bottle-cap battle toys too popular, sold out all over Japan on release day【Vid】

• Scott Wilson
  Oct 25, 2020

There’s even a Switch game you can shoot real bottle caps at!

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• Japan
• (bottle caps • bottle man • Takara Tomy • Takaratomy • toys • video)

Man loses 200 times at crane game, calls police to investigate, staff member loses 300 times too

• Scott Wilson
  Oct 11, 2020

“That’s just a scam.”

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• Japan
• (crane game • crane games • police • scam • twitter • UFO catcher • UFO catchers)

Real life yandere? Japanese man’s ex-girlfriend sneaks into his home, cooks up something crazy

• Scott Wilson
  Oct 3, 2020

“Yup, this is the start to a horror movie.”

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• Japan
• (curry • funny • relationships • twitter • yandere)

Japan’s amazing healthcare system summed up in photo of hospital bill for father’s heart surgery

• Scott Wilson
  Sep 27, 2020

“I am so thankful for our medical system. Terrifying to think what it’d be like without it.”

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• Japan
• (health insurance • hospital bills • Insurance • medical treatment • medicine)

Crafty or creepy? Japanese Twitter user recounts roundabout way of following their crush online

• Scott Wilson
  Sep 7, 2020

This premise should definitely be an anime.

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• Japan
• (awkward • Crush • funny • high school • Japanese Twitter)

Zelda gamers get it: real-life secret, bomb-able entrance to dungeon found in Japan

• Scott Wilson
  Sep 6, 2020

SoraNews24 does not condone tossing bombs to try to find rupees.

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• Japan
• (funny • Japanese Twitter • Legend of Zelda • twitter • video games • Zelda)

Japanese divorce rate drops nearly 10 percent during quarantine, netizens try to figure out why

• Scott Wilson
  Aug 30, 2020

Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, love and quarantine.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • divorce • Japanese society • marriage)

Japanese cat cafe livestream on Twitch lets you hang out with cute cats anytime you want

• Scott Wilson
  Aug 22, 2020

This 24-7 stream is purr-fect for feline better.

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• Japan
• (cat cafe • cat cafes • coronavirus • COVID-19 • cute • livestream • rescue cat cafe • SNO • streaming • Tokyo • twitch)

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