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BAB is Looking for Writers

Apr 18, 2013 No Comments by

Are you new to Japan but want to connect with an amazing group of women? Been here for awhile and interested in sharing what you’ve learned with other women? Being A Broad is looking for contributors to our online magazine who have something they want to write about that–in some way–relates to being a foreign [...]

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Hinamatsuri

Mar 09, 2013 No Comments by

BY HEATHER SHIDA (image to left: Flickr.com / conveyor belt sushi) I really knew nothing about hinamatsuri before I moved to Japan. I know that many people in other parts of the world celebrate. Some places combine the doll festival with the blooming of the cherry trees to create a sort of special Japanese culture [...]

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Tarotscopes: Week of February 1–8

Feb 01, 2013 No Comments by

BY ELISE M This week’s Tarotscopes for the week of February 1 to 8. What’s a Tarotscope? In a Tarotscope, each Horoscope sign is randomly aligned with a position in the Astrological Tarot spread. Find out how it’s done by scrolling to the bottom of the page. Aries, Position 12 – 3 of Swords Aries, [...]

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Kate’s Birthday

Jan 22, 2013 No Comments

BY HEATHER SHIDA (image to left: flickr.com / imelda) My youngest daughter turns four this month. It is so strange to think that she is already that old and that somehow those years went away. I don’t really remember it all happening. I heard from friends and family that having a second child is so [...]

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Gaining Perspective

Oct 21, 2012 No Comments

BY MANDY KITCHENER (image to left (C) flickr.com / puuikibeach “She says you’ve put on a lot of weight recently,” my friend translated for me. My other friend had a kind of weird expression on her face. She looked mostly amused and a little embarrassed. The friend that translated it just looked embarrassed. I paused. [...]

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Weekly Origami: Squirrel

Oct 17, 2012 No Comments

Love origami but not sure how to decode the complicated instructions found in books? Having trouble visualising just what a valley fold is as compared to a mountain fold? Thanks to Heather, an American woman who has been living in Japan for 14 years, origami can be entirely possible for all of us! She creates [...]

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Working Women: Crystal Brunelli of CWAJ

Oct 14, 2012 No Comments

(image to left: No. 197 YOSHIDA Hideshi [Catalogue Cover Print]) Name: Crystal Brunelli Nationality: USA Qualifications: willingness to learn on the job Job title: Print Show Publicity (volunteer role) “Employer”: CWAJ (College Women’s Association of Japan) Salary: ¥0 (plus I pay membership dues) Time in this job: about 12 years as a CWAJ member, less than a year [...]

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Stepping in Line on the Saikyo Line

Oct 11, 2012 No Comments

BY RIANNA HOLLAND (image to left: ykanazawa1999) Japan is renowned for being a country where ‘rules are rules.’ As a new foreign resident in Tokyo, one hears all sorts of horror stories about the (mostly unwritten) rules to which we must abide when using the public transport system: don’t eat on the commuter train. Don’t [...]

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Origami: Learn your ABCs and 123s

Aug 19, 2012 No Comments

Love origami but not sure how to decode the complicated instructions found in books? Having trouble visualising just what a valley fold is as compared to a mountain fold? Thanks to Heather, an American woman who has been living in Japan for 14 years, origami can be entirely possible for all of us! She creates [...]

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Event listing: JMC Spirit Dance

Aug 08, 2012 No Comments

BY MARY BETH HORIAI Hot, humid, and melting describes August in Tokyo. Sometimes the heat can drain your energy, unless you choose some healing, spirited options for your evening entertainment. And I know just the place. This Sunday, August 12th, treat yourself to the rugged, high-powered sounds of Spirit Dance at What the Dickens in [...]

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