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1. Switching locale (Gnome 3, Fedora 20) | and making sure all the menus switch too

   In the spirit of immersion, I switched the laptop's language to Japanese, however most of the Gnome menus remained in English even after switching the System Language altogether, logging out etc. Another profile on the laptop shows the menus for Activities, etc in Japanese just fine so it wasn't a …

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2. Japan

   I'm taking a year out to travel in Japan on a working holiday visa, starting with a couple of months of studying the language some more. I landed about 2 weeks ago. The school put me at a slightly higher level than I had dared to hope and I am …

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3. DK House Sapporo

   I wanted to take a few minutes to give a shout out to DK House in Sapporo, as a great option to get affordable housing for mediumish to longer stays in Japan. I spent a month there in September.

   

   They specialise in short-term accommodations, normally starting from 3 months but …

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4. Adventures in Japan

   In the middle of May, I went away for a couple of weeks in lovely Fukuoka, Japan with the goal of expanding my knowledge of Japanese.

   Every weekday, I went to a language school, GenkiJACS. On the first day, my level was accurately evaluated through a written test and interview …

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