Like ice cold sea water and urine

Some 'foods' should never reach a dinner plate.

Mar 3 • Jack Krown

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February 2026

Does he come in a fridge magnet?

The other day I was on a routine visit to the Frog’s Glen hospital. There I learned that I have been in Japan decades too long.

Feb 22 • Jack Krown

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January 2026

The boars will think twice next time

Glen'ers grapple with a band of marauding boars. And almost come to blows themselves.

Jan 18 • Jack Krown

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December 2025

Note: There are no dragons in Japan on December 31

New Years here is different.

Dec 29, 2025 • Jack Krown

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Scenes from life

Hey everyone, hope all is going well.

Dec 14, 2025 • Jack Krown

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August 2025

Know Your Place

Bob, the one-balled village tomcat, let me know our Japanese town's pecking order.

Aug 30, 2025 • Jack Krown

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Podcast: The point of fishing may not be fishing

Listen now | I'd like to read you a piece from a year ago

Aug 27, 2025 • Jack Krown

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10:46

South of Saw Mountain

Part Two and conclusion of a crime drama set in modern Japan. Will Yumiko Kaji get away?

Aug 23, 2025 • Jack Krown

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South of Saw Mountain

Part One: A tale of a Japanese robbery and a criminal hiding in plain sight.

Aug 17, 2025 • Jack Krown

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June 2025

A Monkey Recon Unit Stopped In

And our garden did a great job feeding them.

Jun 30, 2025 • Jack Krown

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Mr. Motomura's Drivers Ed Class

Good morning, foreigners aspiring to receive Japanese driver’s licenses!

Jun 22, 2025 • Jack Krown

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The Curse of Umizaki

Don't mistake folk wisdom for superstition ever again. There is much you do not know or understand.

Jun 15, 2025 • Jack Krown

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