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Here lies the old content. Everything dating back to when it all started in 2003; a catalogue of my tentative foray into the world of web-logging. It’s pretty much all here, unashamedly presented in reverse chronological order. My best, and my worst. But some posts are indeed timeless, so if you have a free moment, go back through the archives and see if you can dig up some treasure.
November 2014
March 2014
- 09: Sunday Night Ghost Island (6)
February 2014
- 27: Why I Love Urban Exploration (1)
- 23: Gaku-RUN-Man – Running the Tokyo Marathon (2)
- 13: Hi! I’m a Foreigner! Racist Party Mask (6)
January 2014
- 25: Gunkanjima Geocache (3)
- 25: Documenting Adventures in 2014 (0)
December 2013
November 2013
- 22: Top 50 Japanese Buzzwords of 2013 (28)
- 05: Ama – The Pearl Diving Mermaids of Japan (Warning: Nudity) (89)
- 02: How to Buy the Things you Love from Japan (21)
October 2013
September 2013
- 20: Half Cat, Half Hoax? (12)
August 2013
- 20: Don’t Compare Your Inside to Someone Else’s Outside (15)
- 18: Armchair Exploration: The Haikyo Story That Inspired ‘Gone Home’ (7)
May 2013
- 16: Pink Secrets of the Red Villa (27)
April 2013
- 21: Dealing with Saudade (9)
- 01: Gakuranman Body Pillow – Available Now! (1)
March 2013
- 23: I Took the Road Less Traveled By (13)
- 16: Oh Dear! I Shall Be Too Late! (27)
February 2013
- 21: The Honourable House of Mr. H (23)
- 02: Carpe Diem (0)
January 2013
- 31: Horonai Coal Mine Substation (3)
- 24: Gakuranman.com Website and Logo (29)
December 2012
- 25: Haikyo Sandy Claws for Christmas (0)
- 10: Haikyo Adventures in Snow Country (21)
November 2012
- 15: The Mysterious Island in Skyfall: Hashima / Gunkanjima (80)
- 12: Top 50 Japanese Buzzwords of 2012 (12)
October 2012
September 2012
- 26: Like A Boss! (Coffee) (0)
- 10: 36 Iconic Tokyo Metro Subway Manner Posters 2008-2010 (48)
- 07: Burtonesque Pokemon: Macabre Re-imaginings (0)
June 2012
April 2012
- 17: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Field Test (56)
- 07: Daily Mail Used My Photos Without Permission and Without Payment (71)
March 2012
- 30: Haikyo House of Hidden Treasures (18)
- 08: Driving in Japan: Passing the Japanese Driver’s Test (55)
- 06: The Winding Tower of Shime Coal Mine (10)
February 2012
- 18: Olympus Photo Festa 2012 Nagoya (2)
- 08: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Preview (13)
January 2012
- 10: New Year’s Resolutions 2012 (13)
November 2011
- 22: f11 Magazine: Urban Exploration Interview (4)
- 18: Top 60 Japanese Buzzwords of 2011 (13)
- 15: Post-Apocalyptic Images of Japan (62)
- 14: Nikkei Trendy’s Top Trends of 2011 and Predictions for 2012 (9)
- 11: At the Eleventh Hour… (4)
- 02: A Beautiful Kobushime-chan (6)
October 2011
- 21: The Jimonjitou Days (4)
- 18: Deserted Dolphin Island Ruins in Okinawa (26)
- 14: Radiation Scare in Setagaya (15)
- 05: A fresh start with the journal (10)
September 2011
- 28: The Heavens Open on Hashima (8)
- 28: A Brush with the Law at a Haikyo Hotel (31)
- 18: Iori Tomita’s New World Transparent Specimens (16)
- 16: Night Walk with the E-P3 and Olympus 45mm f/1.8 Lens (23)
August 2011
- 15: Olympus PEN E-P3 Field Test (27)
- 13: Kanabun Drone Beetle Macro with the E-P3 (6)
- 11: Night Walk with the E-P3 and Panasonic 25mm f/1.4 Leica Lens (30)
- 07: Olympus E-P3 Shooting Fireworks (6)
June 2011
- 27: Olympus E-P3 PEN Preview (8)
- 23: The Best Resources for How to Learn Japanese (21)
- 21: Urbex at the Grain Tower Battery (11)
- 16: Touring Lake Biwa on a Mama Chari Bicycle (21)
- 09: Thoughts on Discussing Other Cultures (22)
- 03: The Foul Stink of the Japan Snake Center (25)
April 2011
- 08: Great Tohoku Earthquake (Latest) (15)
March 2011
- 23: Great Tohoku Earthquake 5 (158)
- 21: Ruminations on Citizen Journalism and Media Bias (32)
- 18: Great Tohoku Earthquake 4 (3)
- 16: Great Tohoku Earthquake 3 (2)
- 14: Great Tohoku Earthquake 2 (4)
- 11: Great Tohoku Earthquake 1 (6)
- 09: Dead Creatures from the Deep (4)
- 01: Love Land – A Quirky Korean Sex Park (11)
February 2011
- 24: Page Rank in the Japan Blogosphere (23)
- 22: Menace of the Deep (5)
- 18: Shadows on the Ceiling (3)
- 09: Classic Nintendo Mahjong Set and Hanafuda Cards (19)
- 07: Japanese Cemetery in Black and White (9)
January 2011
- 31: Conclusion to the Royal House Haikyo Mystery (75)
- 25: Urban Exploration in the Paris Catacombs 3 (19)
- 21: Urban Exploration in the Paris Catacombs 2 (27)
- 19: Urban Exploration in the Paris Catacombs 1 (30)
- 18: Tying Up a Loose End at the Royal House (19)
- 14: Speculation about the Royal House Family (10)
- 01: A look back at 2010 on Gakuranman.com (4)
December 2010
- 05: The Royal House Mystery Unravels (28)
November 2010
- 29: Gakuranman Youtube Channel Has Moved! (3)
- 18: The Royal House Haikyo (71)
- 09: Fifteen Fantastic Froggie Fotos (13)
October 2010
- 30: A Return to the Sepulchral Doctor’s Shack (37)
- 28: Skritter for Writing Japanese: Review (5)
- 15: There’s Always a Way! – しょうがある! (6)
- 02: Kawatana Human Torpedo Training School (19)
- 01: The 7 Stages of Gaijinhood Revisited (42)
September 2010
- 29: Are You Just Recollecting Japanese? (11)
- 27: Ruins of the Imari Kawanami WWII Shipyard (32)
- 15: Endangered Chinese Pond Turtle (7)
- 08: The Gruesome ‘Art’ of Daikichi Amano (50)
- 05: Child’s Play on Hashima Island (7)
August 2010
- 31: Raiders of the Lost Subterranean Shrine (37)
- 31: Grape Picking on a Hot Summer’s Day (11)
- 29: Flutterscape Competition Winners! (15)
- 17: Japanese One Point Lesson: 青姦 (13)
- 10: The Ethereal Void of the Maya Hotel (35)
- 08: Lost Worlds – Japan Times Articles (14)
- 06: Flutter Japanese Goods Home: Giveaway! (41)
- 01: Touring Japan 2010: Day 8 – Kaiyukan (8)
July 2010
- 31: Touring Japan 2010: Day 7 – Haikyo Hiking (18)
- 30: Touring Japan 2010: Day 6 – Oboke Rafting (9)
- 29: Touring Japan 2010: Day 5 – Rusty Teshima (10)
- 28: Touring Japan 2010: Day 4 – Ritsurin Park (14)
- 27: Touring Japan 2010: Day 3 – Art Houses (7)
- 26: Touring Japan 2010: Day 2 – To Naoshima (5)
- 25: Touring Japan 2010: Day 1 – Kyoto Drinking (8)
- 21: Diving on Ishigaki Island (7)
June 2010
- 30: Useful Expressions for Arguing in Japanese (12)
- 28: Gunkanjima: Ruins of a Forbidden Island (386)
- 17: Monkey Island 2: Lechuck’s Revenge Remake (9)
- 16: Eerie Monotones of the White Stone Mine (25)
- 13: Interview with the Gakuranman (9)
- 09: The White Stone Mine: Fragments of the Past (17)
- 02: Ruins of the White Stone Mine in Vivid Colour (18)
May 2010
- 14: Sexy Japanese Zen Buddhism: Nude Forms (21)
- 12: How to Argue in Japanese (72)
April 2010
- 30: Secret Japan Blog Matsuri (6)
- 17: 10 Beautiful Cherry Blossom Pictures (26)
- 10: Becoming a Samurai – The Ieyasu Parade (39)
March 2010
- 29: Japansoc Blog Matsuri 2 (12)
- 24: The Hazards of Haikyo and Urban Exploration (49)
- 22: Japanese Penis Festival (53)
- 17: The Secret Doctor’s Shack (39)
- 05: Photography with Jason Collin (10)
- 03: The Corrosion of an Elephantine Haikyo Bus (23)
February 2010
- 28: Jeju Mysterious Road and Totem Pole Graveyard (11)
- 24: On Becoming Japanese (37)
January 2010
- 29: NihongoUp contest results (10)
- 27: Bring the Ocean into your Bedroom (5)
- 21: The Red Demon Samurai – Ii Naomasa (24)
- 20: Slick Samurai Sword Chopsticks (3)
- 13: Star Wars Chopsticks – Nibble with the Force (12)
- 08: NihongoUp Japanese Study Tool Review (31)
- 06: Deep sea bonefish extension cord (3)
December 2009
- 30: Magic PET bottle creatures (2)
- 28: Light Photography in a Rotting Onsen Hotel (28)
- 23: Roly Poly Cat Egg for Christmas? (5)
- 21: Rotting Onsen Resort Hotel (47)
- 16: Ice Cubes that Tell Stories (9)
- 13: How blogging is changing Public Relations in Japan (9)
- 09: Sea Anemone Accessory Holder (12)
- 07: Top 5 free online Japanese English dictionaries (40)
- 04: CGM Night 6 – Otaku Version (23)
- 02: R2D2 Soy Sauce Bottle (8)
November 2009
- 28: Decaying Volcano Observation Deck (38)
- 25: Mysterious Abandoned Volcano Museum (49)
- 16: Autumn Networking 2009 (33)
- 11: Horrific My Neighbour Totoro (10)
- 04: Top Japan-related people to follow Twitter list (22)
October 2009
- 26: Gakuranman.com v5 (66)
- 21: Red Bean Pepsi (27)
- 17: Super Mario Cakes and Treats (12)
- 14: The Yaki-Imo Man of Japan (23)
- 10: Anglerfish Ovary & Microscopic Photography (20)
- 05: Gakuranman Giveaway Winners! (20)
- 02: Japanese-style Interior Design (12)
September 2009
- 30: Random Japan Photos 1 (13)
- 27: Aeon Photo Walk (38)
- 14: Usavich (10)
- 08: Gakuranman Giveaway! (44)
- 02: August in Japan 2009 (16)
July 2009
- 27: Weird Things About Japan (81)
- 04: Japansoc Blog Matsuri (64)
June 2009
- 25: Unusual Katakana Words (51)
- 19: Japanese One Point Lesson: なう (41)
- 16: Olympus E-P1 PEN Preview (32)
- 02: New Monkey Island and Remake! (13)
May 2009
- 29: The ‘Gaijin’ Debate (196)
- 28: The World of Golden Eggs CM (4)
- 24: Super Mario X Japanese Lesson (14)
- 21: Yakushima – Japan Travel Photos (23)
- 20: Gakuranman Fan Art (8)
- 05: Japanese Newspaper Headlines (29)
April 2009
- 30: Wason Card Puzzle Solution (6)
- 28: Wason Card Puzzle (68)
- 24: Japansoc Poken Contest (17)
- 23: Warship Island (10)
- 21: Launching: Gakuranman.com (3)
- 16: Learn Kansai-ben (31)
- 07: Fine Orient relaunch (11)
March 2009
- 29: Work-Life Balance in Japan (103)
- 15: Japansoc Blogger Conference 2 (23)
- 08: JLPT1 2008 Results (51)
- 03: Love Doll Rental in Japan (47)
February 2009
- 27: Why say Moshi Moshi twice? (50)
- 22: Lucky Japanese Girls (47)
- 18: Refusing people in Japanese (27)
- 12: Happy Birthday Darwin! (10)
- 07: Fish and Chips (44)
- 03: GTO Jdrama (43)
January 2009
- 30: Learn Japanese with the Gakuranman (6)
- 20: Moral Naturalism (2)
- 19: Expressivism (0)
- 17: Moral Internalism vs. Moral Externalism (0)
- 15: Open Question Argument (16)
- 14: Textbook Reformations (11)
- 09: How to make people Angry (30)
- 06: Procrastination (8)
December 2008
- 29: There She Is!!! Final (8)
- 24: Luminescent Mushrooms (15)
- 20: Christmas Dating in Japan (40)
- 14: Website v3 (33)
- 10: JLPT1 2008 – The Aftermath (20)
- 06: QR Codes (24)
- 03: CSS image rollovers (10)
November 2008
- 30: Club Nintendo Member Gifts 2008 (17)
- 25: Nyoki Nyoki, Mydodolook and Magibon (0)
- 19: Squid ties and USB drives (8)
- 16: Metaethics Intro (0)
- 13: Three Quirky Deep Sea Creatures (0)
October 2008
- 31: Anki-ising (4)
- 29: Battle Royale Collar (12)
- 15: Knowing Nothing v2 (3)
- 05: Adventures on Yakushima (35)
September 2008
- 19: Watermarking images (0)
- 12: Panty Vending Machines (39)
August 2008
- 21: CD Rental in Japan (6)
- 19: Absence – in Japan (6)
June 2008
- 21: Ricoh GX100 (7)
- 07: Japanese csv database (8)
May 2008
- 30: Spider art and plucking (3)
- 23: Hume’s Moral Philosophy (4)
- 22: Kant’s Moral Philosophy (0)
- 21: Aristotle’s Moral Philosophy (3)
- 20: Moral Philosophy – primer (1)
- 15: Okaeri – Ayaka (2)
- 10: Spiderman Para Para (12)
April 2008
- 23: Golden Eggs Techno (0)
- 08: Oingo Boingo (10)
- 02: London Ghost Walks (0)
March 2008
- 24: Colour in the Deep Sea (21)
- 16: JLPT2 2007 Results (8)
- 09: The World of Golden Eggs (12)
- 04: Smash Brothers Brawl! (0)
February 2008
- 27: Hot CROC and Rasputin (0)
- 13: Japanese Speech Contest 2008 (44)
- 11: Crying – that lump in your throat (36)
- 07: Reading philosophy (0)
January 2008
- 30: Manga portrait (4)
- 27: Japan Year Abroad Report 2007 (7)
- 23: First Kiss Jdrama (1)
- 21: Wittgenstein’s Fly bottle (8)
- 17: Responses to Skepticism (0)
- 17: Internalist views (0)
- 17: Externalist views (1)
- 17: Externalism vs Internalism (0)
- 15: Nozick’s truth-tracking (4)
- 14: Gettier Cases (0)
- 13: Justified True Belief (0)
- 13: Closure Argument (1)
- 11: Left-brain Right-brain (6)
- 09: Moral Anti-Realism (0)
- 09: Moral Realism (2)
- 09: Ersatz Modal Realism (2)
- 08: Problems with Modal Realism (3)
- 07: Possible Worlds (4)
- 06: Realism vs. Anti-Realism – primer (1)
- 05: Happy New Year! (4)
December 2007
- 03: Welcome home! (4)
- 01: Christmas Theme! (2)
November 2007
- 29: Casio Ex-Word XD-GW9600 (16)
- 27: Import tax on the Dench’!? (5)
- 25: On banners & Ambigrams (2)
- 22: Club Nintendo & Hanafuda! (6)
- 20: Zeitgeist, The Movie (4)
- 14: Christmas comes early! (6)
- 04: Broken Dench’ (3)
October 2007
- 31: Cogito Ergo Sum (6)
- 28: About Me & Contacting (3)
- 24: There She Is!!! (1)
- 20: Clione (7)
- 15: Brown Penny (6)
- 14: Knowing Nothing relaunched! (6)
December 2006
- 10: Trying Fugu (4)
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