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	<title>Comments on: The Month of July: Festivals and Fun</title>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
		<link>http://joeinjapan.com/2008/07/22/the-month-of-july-festivals-and-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-164</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey YoruKanji,

I&#039;m glad you are enjoying the blog. :) 頑張ってね！As for the question about clothes, when I went down to Tokyo I saw quite a few girls dressed in the lolita fashions, but I don&#039;t recall seeing anyone doing visual kei (to be honest I&#039;ve only managed to visit Akihabara).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey YoruKanji,</p>
<p>I&#8217;m glad you are enjoying the blog. :) 頑張ってね！As for the question about clothes, when I went down to Tokyo I saw quite a few girls dressed in the lolita fashions, but I don&#8217;t recall seeing anyone doing visual kei (to be honest I&#8217;ve only managed to visit Akihabara).</p>
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		<title>By: YoruKanji</title>
		<link>http://joeinjapan.com/2008/07/22/the-month-of-july-festivals-and-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-163</link>
		<dc:creator>YoruKanji</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>February 2009?!?! Aw man...I want to be a foreign exchange student too.  Your blog has inspired me to keep learning Japanese in case my wish comes true in the next year or so.

Random question: Have you seen anyone wearing Visual Kei or Lolita?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>February 2009?!?! Aw man&#8230;I want to be a foreign exchange student too.  Your blog has inspired me to keep learning Japanese in case my wish comes true in the next year or so.</p>
<p>Random question: Have you seen anyone wearing Visual Kei or Lolita?</p>
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		<title>By: Todd</title>
		<link>http://joeinjapan.com/2008/07/22/the-month-of-july-festivals-and-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-158</link>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe,  I came upon your website by accident about 2 months ago and check in from time to time.  I am an American living in Tokyo (for the past 5 months) with my Japanese wife.  Congrats on extending your stay in Japan.  I see from you blogs that you are enjoying the food here in Japan.  I really enjoy your blogs and look forward to the next.

Ganbate!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe,  I came upon your website by accident about 2 months ago and check in from time to time.  I am an American living in Tokyo (for the past 5 months) with my Japanese wife.  Congrats on extending your stay in Japan.  I see from you blogs that you are enjoying the food here in Japan.  I really enjoy your blogs and look forward to the next.</p>
<p>Ganbate!</p>
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		<title>By: Zoe</title>
		<link>http://joeinjapan.com/2008/07/22/the-month-of-july-festivals-and-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-153</link>
		<dc:creator>Zoe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One of your friends I talked to on the phone the other day said that your Japanese is really good now. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of your friends I talked to on the phone the other day said that your Japanese is really good now. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
		<link>http://joeinjapan.com/2008/07/22/the-month-of-july-festivals-and-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-151</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the responses guys! Yes, it is extremely hot here. Well, it&#039;s not so much that it&#039;s hot (it&#039;s about the same temperature as Maine, actually), but the humidity is nuts. Yesterday, and much like any other day, I was just sitting in my room with the sweat just pouring off of me. 

@Nnatta and Jespho, I hope you guys can make it here safely and have a great time! If you ever find yourself up in the Aomori prefecture, send me a message and maybe we can hook up.

@Yokohama, haha, you&#039;re right. Japan has sucked me in. But I made my decision from an academic perspective, too. I feel like I&#039;m only just now starting to get comfortable having conversations in Japanese and not having to struggle for basic sentences and structures.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the responses guys! Yes, it is extremely hot here. Well, it&#8217;s not so much that it&#8217;s hot (it&#8217;s about the same temperature as Maine, actually), but the humidity is nuts. Yesterday, and much like any other day, I was just sitting in my room with the sweat just pouring off of me. </p>
<p>@Nnatta and Jespho, I hope you guys can make it here safely and have a great time! If you ever find yourself up in the Aomori prefecture, send me a message and maybe we can hook up.</p>
<p>@Yokohama, haha, you&#8217;re right. Japan has sucked me in. But I made my decision from an academic perspective, too. I feel like I&#8217;m only just now starting to get comfortable having conversations in Japanese and not having to struggle for basic sentences and structures.</p>
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		<title>By: Zoe</title>
		<link>http://joeinjapan.com/2008/07/22/the-month-of-july-festivals-and-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-150</link>
		<dc:creator>Zoe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So how hot is it there? It&#039;s been pretty hot and humid here lately, which is super annoying at work with the lack of air conditioning and my lack of shorts. D: Today was okay, though, much better than it has been lately.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So how hot is it there? It&#8217;s been pretty hot and humid here lately, which is super annoying at work with the lack of air conditioning and my lack of shorts. D: Today was okay, though, much better than it has been lately.</p>
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		<title>By: Jephso</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jephso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey man,

Been reading your blog from the start - good stuff.  I enjoy reading &#039;cos I&#039;m heading out to Japan myself at the end of this summer for a study year abroad, so your experiences are a bit of a taster for what I&#039;ll be getting up to I guess.

KUTGW, and update more often!

Joe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey man,</p>
<p>Been reading your blog from the start &#8211; good stuff.  I enjoy reading &#8216;cos I&#8217;m heading out to Japan myself at the end of this summer for a study year abroad, so your experiences are a bit of a taster for what I&#8217;ll be getting up to I guess.</p>
<p>KUTGW, and update more often!</p>
<p>Joe.</p>
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		<title>By: Nnatta</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nnatta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>By the way, I&#039;m pretty sure if you&#039;re from Maine, it is very likely you find Japanese summer difficult to bear ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By the way, I&#8217;m pretty sure if you&#8217;re from Maine, it is very likely you find Japanese summer difficult to bear ;)</p>
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		<title>By: Nnatta</title>
		<link>http://joeinjapan.com/2008/07/22/the-month-of-july-festivals-and-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-147</link>
		<dc:creator>Nnatta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Being the one who wants to be an exchange student in Japan, I found your blog very interesting! Also, I think it&#039;s really awesome that you are an American interested in Japan and Japanese culture. Most Americans I know don&#039;t really take an interest in other cultures very much!

Keep blogging and I&#039;ll keep reading!

がんばってね ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Being the one who wants to be an exchange student in Japan, I found your blog very interesting! Also, I think it&#8217;s really awesome that you are an American interested in Japan and Japanese culture. Most Americans I know don&#8217;t really take an interest in other cultures very much!</p>
<p>Keep blogging and I&#8217;ll keep reading!</p>
<p>がんばってね ;)</p>
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		<title>By: YokohamaBogi</title>
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		<dc:creator>YokohamaBogi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see the length of stay has increased to February 2009. This is how it starts :P You are home now, best to come out and admit it to yourself. It goes a lot smoother if you just lie back and accept it. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see the length of stay has increased to February 2009. This is how it starts :P You are home now, best to come out and admit it to yourself. It goes a lot smoother if you just lie back and accept it. ;)</p>
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