The Best Japan Blogs

People ask me all the time what websites I recommend—what blogs that I read as somebody who writes about Japan.

I figure that I’ll answer this question once and for all; or at least until people forget that I wrote this post and start asking me again.

While I skim a lot of the sites loaded up into my RSS reader, there are a select few that I really enjoy reading, teach me a lot, and keep me coming back for more.

I should clarify that this list contains blogs about Japan written in English with a Western audience in mind. If you want to find blogs written in Japanese, that’s another post for another time.

Here are some of my favorite Japan blogs, in no particular order:

Gakuranman

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Long time Tofugu collaborator Gakuranman is more than just a manly, manly rayon body pillow; he’s also an avid haikyo (abandoned building) explorer.

He visited Japan’s forbidden island, Gunkanjima, long before James Bond was taken there in Skyfall; and while the internet was marvelling at the Japanese “anti-zombie fortress” from afar, Gakuranman was able to actually visit the Shime coal mine and tell us a little bit about its history.

While I was lucky enough to explore an old amusement park and the long-abandoned school on Cat Island with Gakuranman, I’m not sure that the haikyo lifestyle is for me; but I’m glad that I can visit see these beautiful, abandoned places in Japan without ever leaving my apartment because of him.

This Japanese Life

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This Japanese Life isn’t produced by WBEZ Chicago and has no relation to the popular radio show, but the way that author Eryk tells stories would make Ira Glass proud.

The best posts on This Japanese Life are first-person narratives of Eryk’s life as an English teacher in Japan. The slice-of-life qualities of these posts cut through the popular misconceptions of Weird Japan and reveal the really strange parts of Japanese culture (see the post on kindness and obligation).

I also just really enjoy the writing on This Japanese Life, which is peppered with unique phrases like “Willy Wonka-san” and “kabuki juggalo.” This kind of writing might not be the kind of thing you’d hear in act one of our program, but it’s been more than enough to keep me reading.

Shisaku

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Japanese politics can be a mystery. Not only does the Japanese political system function completely differently than the political system of my home country, the United States, but most of the news that us Westerners get about Japanese politics focuses on a few, paltry subjects. Unless a Japanese politician reaches the level of prime minister or says something incredibly stupid about Japan’s military past, then chances are the AP, Reuters, and other big news organizations won’t care at all.

Fortunately, Shisaku is there to pick up the slack. Run by Tokyo-based Michael Cucek, Shisaku is full of independent analysis about Japanese politics. So if I open up the New York Times and find an article about a high-level Japanese diplomat traveling to North Korea, I can count on Shisaku to give me some in-depth context and analysis of the event.

Reading Shiasku is almost enough to make me feel like an expert in Japanese politics. Almost.

Surviving in Japan

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While I enjoy blogs that talk very broadly about large, cultural issues in Japan, I’ve been a huge fan of Surviving in Japan for years because it offers a lot of very practical, down-to-earth advice about living day-to-day life in Japan. After all, once you get past the bigger cultural differences, you still have to do all of those mundane, everyday things that you take for granted.

You’d be hard-pressed to find another site that offers as many guides and how-tos on topics like banking, finding personal care products, and how to deal with the different seasons in Japan.

Even though the updates on the site have slowed a bit since its creator has moved out of Japan, Surviving in Japan still gets the occasional new post and has a wealth of information in the archives.

Japan Subculture Research Center

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Author and journalist Jake Adelstein has been having a pretty good year so far. His book, Tokyo Vice, is being turned into a movie with Harry Potter alumnus Daniel Radcliffe starring.

But aside from his recent Hollywood success, Adelstein is a seasoned Japanese reporter who broke many barriers for foreign reporters in Japan; he was the first foreign staff reporter for the Yomiuri Shinbun and first to be included in the Tokyo Metropolitan Press Club.

Japan Subculture Research Center is Adelstein’s web presence and, together with a few other writers, does a great job covering Japan’s seedy underbelly. You’ll not only find a wealth of information about the yakuza (Adelstein’s area of expertise), but also information about the myriad not-so-legal activities that are usually hidden from public view.

If you want to know about all of Japan and not just the shiny image that’s usually presented to the West, Japan Subculture Research Center is a great place to start.

Spoon & Tamago

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Japan has long had a worldwide reputation as a design powerhouse, but it’s sometimes difficult to find concrete examples of that. Fortunately, Spoon & Tamago manages to do a good job at exposing me to Japanese art and design and making me feel at least somewhat educated in the process.

The team of writers at Spoon & Tamago cover all aspects of Japanese art and design, from architecture to photography, to the design of small, everyday things. The best part: it’s all very accessible to those who have absolutely not background in art of design.

Japanese Rule of 7

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Every once in a while, I’ll read something that just completely hooks me. For Japanese Rule of 7, the blog by Ken Seeroi, it was comparing knowing Japanese to being like David Blaine doing magic tricks at a party:

Your magic trick is that you can speak English. That’s what everyone wants you to do. And every time you do it, and tell them about how big the cheeseburgers are back home and how people wear shoes inside the house, their eyes will light up and they’ll be like, Wow, amazing!

Seeroi’s sometimes cynical writing, paired with his great stories of Japan, paints an entertaining picture of everyday life in Japan for an expat.

Honorable Mentions

There are a few authors and blogs that I enjoy a lot but, for whatever reason, didn’t quite make the cut. Here they are:

Hikosaemon

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While Hikosaemon’s actual blog is infrequently updated, his presence on the rest of the internet more than makes up for it. This Kiwi is a social media God, posting so many insightful links and updates via his Twitter and Google+, it’s scary.

That’s not even to mention his YouTube channel. Between his solo videos and his weekly YouTube show with Gimmeaflakeman (and the occasional appearance by Milkjamjuice) Two and a Half Oyajis, there are probably days’ worth of amazing discussion on Japan on Hikosaemon’s channel.

And when Hiko does decide to sit down and crank out a long-form blog entry, he does an amazing job condensing his experiences living and working for over a decade in Japan. His guest post for us here at Tofugu from a few years back is based on a level of life experience that’s impossible to fake.

Culture Japan

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I hesitate to include Culture Japan because I don’t watch anime, read manga, or do any of the things that fall under the umbrella of otaku culture. Given that, it’s sometimes hard for me to understand the allure of Culture Japan, the Dollfie-loving, body pillow-filled otaku haven run by internet superstar Danny Choo.

Even if I don’t always understand the appeal of Culture Japan, it undeniable that Danny Choo is a massive figure online. His blog post “How Discovering Japan Changed My Life” is incredibly popular among Japanophiles, and you’ve probably seen him dressed up as a Star Wars storm trooper, dancing on the streets of Tokyo to Earth, Wind, and Fire.

But beyond his internet fame, Danny Choo does a lot of hard work promoting Japan and Japanese culture. He works for the Japanese government under the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, and produces and directs a TV show about Japan also called Culture Japan. So while I might be turned off by figurines and wall scrolls, there’s a lot to be said about Danny Choo and Culture Japan’s contributions.


These are just my personal picks—your mileage with these sites may vary; and I’m sure that I’m missing some amazing sites and writers, so share your favorites in the comments.

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  • sinco

    HEy Jo check out my new blog plz….http://bit.ly/1cNg11P

  • Grace Buchele

    I was already following Surviving in Japan – but I’m going to add the rest of these blogs to my list.
    Thanks for the great post!

    And, you know, if you ever make a “less awesome, but still great, blogs in Japan” add mine!
    http://www.howibecametexan.com

    Thanks
    Grace

  • Mr Coco

    http://questions12.wordpress.com/

    for a look into the world of the 英会話 (Eikaiwa)

    Just shows that not all is rosy over here.

  • Christian

    Thanks, great links! Best regards Christian, http://oneweekinjapan.blogspot.se

  • http://www.japanese-english-translation-service.com/ 英語翻訳

    無料の日本語 – 英語翻訳サービス英語 – 日本語翻訳サービス

    http://www.japanese-english-translation-service.com/

  • http://www.colorfulexistence.com/ Joshua Hideki

    Nice, great Links!
    Thanks for sharing! :)

    http://www.ColorfulExistence.com

  • doonga

    Mine is JapanVisitor – a lot of fascinating indepth info on everyday Japan

  • http://notthatkawaii.wordpress.com/ SasB-Chan

    Japanese Rule of 7 is def. my all time favorite blog & what inspired me to start my own blog as well (http://notthatkawaii.wordpress.com/ <– Gotta love a little self-promotion). Seeroi-San is hilarious! I'm completely new to this blogging thing but will be making sure to check out all of the other blogs you posted!

  • Ozgu
  • Jack Hemsworth

    癌、愛と内なるガイダンス

    コロンバス、オハイオ州

    5月14日1993年、

    昨年は、 17年の妻と離婚以来、闘争していた、と私は自分自身が5児の家族なしで、一人暮らしを発見した。

    兄は私と私の第四十一の誕生日を祝うために、夜を過ごすために町に入って来た。

    私は次の私の兄がオンに寝ていたベッドに床にその日の夕方に寝て、私は次の朝目が覚めたように、私は私の首の右側にわずかな腫脹に気付いた。私はリンパ節が原因で私は私の家族からの分離以来、リードしていた精神的ストレスや生活習慣に感染していたと思った。

    8月では、私はエンドウ豆サイズのスポットがピンポン球の大きさに成長していたし、今、私の喉の気道に侵入されたため、何かが間違っていたことを知っていた。

    私は窒息のエピソードを経験したし、彼は緊急治療室にまっすぐに私を運転したときに私の上司とランチにあった。担当医はすぐに私の口の中を見て、無言で立ち去った。彼が戻ってきたとき、彼はすでにオハイオ州立大学病院の専門医との約束をスケジュールしていたことを私に伝えた。

    母と継父は私の任命に私を同行し、私と同じ部屋で待っていた。医師と2他の若いインターン調べる椅子に私を入れて、簡単に見た後、彼らは生検を取るつもりだった私に言った。これらは経口麻痺薬で私を調製した私は、恐怖と緊張しました。彼らは鎮静の注入を管理するために私を押したように私は極度の攪拌モードに入った。悪夢が始まったところである。若い男性の2が私を押したまま、医師はすでに半分私の喉をブロックした組織の塊を切ることを進んように私は、文字通り、広い目を覚ました。私はゴボゴボと私の母は遠くから私を慰めしようとしていたとして拘束を戦っていた。手順は、意識の内外に渡して、私が来ていたように医者が生検試料を離れ歩いて、衝撃から終わった。 20分以内にチームが奥の部屋に入ってきて、今私を慰めていた私の両親と私の周りに立っていた。私はまだ物理的な攻撃と思われたものから動揺した。診断は決定的だった私は言葉だけ、扁平上皮癌、[Wordのがんを聞いた。まだ前の手順からのショック状態で、それ以上の年齢の医師は私の診断の深刻さと、彼らはすでに私の人生を救う根治手術のための手術室と予定時刻ていたことを説明するためにインターンを残しました。彼らは私の顔を修復するために、私のお尻から私の舌や顎骨および移植片の皮膚の一部を除去するつもりだった。私は、控えめに言ってもぞっとし、不信のその瞬間に、おなじみの内なる声は、私の心のパニックを経由して来た、そして私はそれが提示されたように、この結果を​​受け入れるするつもりではなかったことを私に約束された。この一年までは、私は文化的な医学に関する研究の数年を含め、健康養生法を維持するのに十分な注意を取っていた。私は事前にMED学生数年前であることの考えをあきらめていた。

    この生きるか死ぬかのシナリオでは、非現実的なようだが、私はすぐにこの一年間反映されているように、私はうつ病の私の一定の状態で、文字の大量飲酒から健康のこれらの原則に違反していた。私の体はに慣れていなかったのライフスタイルや考え方。

    我々はそれが私が手術のため2日後に帰国されることを想定されたため、ほとんどお互いに何も言わない病院を去った。

    私の母は私が手術を中止することを決定していたことが分かったとき、彼女は彼女はすでに1970年のバレンタインデーに起こった交通事故から、息子を失っていたので、恐怖と狂気行きました、高校の先輩年。それは、うつ病と彼女がダース以上の電気ショック療法を受け入れるにつながる彼女の救済を与える助けにはならなかった薬を含む逆症療法様式と彼女の経験でした。彼女は強制手術のシナリオに私を検認すると脅したことが私の決定によってそう取り乱した。すべてに沿って、私は私の兄弟の死以来に依存していた、この内なるガイダンスは、私は現時点では、この根治手術をしていないと正しい判断を作っていたことを私に保証するために続けていた。

    私の親戚の残りの部分は、私が手術に通過しないよう決心していたし、私の人生を保存するには、この権威ある教育病院プロトコルを断ったことを聞いたとき、彼らはしぶしぶカリフォルニアに行くの申し出を受け入れるように私の計画を支持した代替治療…そして私はお別れパーティーで別れを詰めて言った。物語はさらにもっと天上界の取得する場所これは…私は私の研究では、振動の癒しのモダリティを知っていたが、私は言葉を聞いたことがなかった」ラジオニクスを。 ”

    Ð

    サンディエゴ、カリフォルニア州

    1993年9月

    私はサンディエゴに上陸したら、私は自分自身が海を見下ろすひそかに隠された場所にドライブされて発見した。それは内で実行されることになるサービスを発表し任意のグラフィックのないささやかな家だった。彼はこの振動療法は何年も前に米国で非合法化されたことを説明したように、幸せそうな顔と若者の明るいオーラが安心して私を置く。彼は、この治療の治療は、まだ法的にカナダとヨーロッパで得ることができたと説明した。彼は、体のあらゆる健康な組織が振動署名を持っていたし、それが不健康だったときも同様に検出可能であったことを言うようになった。彼は、デバイスに私を接続し、テレビ·セットにチューニングするためにしようとしているかのように調節ダイアルを回し始めた。いくつかのスイッチと若い男のいくつかの追加のクリックは、このプロセスが完了したと述べた。振動周波数の調整は、私の体は、最終的には腫瘍の外科的除去を処理するために時間をかけて十分に強くなることを可能にするであろう。

    コロンバス、オハイオ州1995

    長い話を短く、 2年後にオハイオ州に戻って、そして腫瘍ソフトボールの大きさになりました後に同じ内なるガイダンスは、それが削除されている時間だったと述べていること。今回は私が年前に、私は生命維持からの私の12歳の弟を削除する意思決定を助けるために持っていた病院に行きました。

    私は、レセプションエリアに歩いて、私の話の一部だけを共有し、代替療法のシナリオを除外。心理学者は、いくつかの瞬間のために私と一緒に話をし、外科医との即時会議をスケジュールした。偶然、私は私の祖母5人の娘を納入していた医者の息子との会談であろう。の一つは、私の母だった。

    医師は、すでに2年前からの私の病歴を見て、私が作った選択について不機嫌だった。厳しく、彼は私に言った、 「ジャック、あなたはあまりにも長い間待ってきたし、あなたはおそらく動作不能である。 「私は彼が何を意味するのかわからなかったその瞬間に、それは死刑宣告のように聞こえた。そして、しぶしぶ彼は「MRIをスケジュールして、腫瘍に何が起こっているかを確認することができます。 」と述べた

    先生は私の病室に戻るのを私は心配そうに待っていた。彼は彼の顔に不思議そうなわずかな笑顔で歩いた。

    「あなたの腫瘍が。私はすでに明日のために手術を​​予定されているカプセル化されていると私はあなたを操作するつもりのようなジャックは、それが見えます。 ”

    私は安堵して、恐怖の波との時間に懸濁させた…私は、手術は私の命を救うために単独でこの大手術をさせていたことがなかった。内なる声が再び私を慰めて、私は一晩中オンとオフを休んだ。

    私の側で私の両親とステップの両親の支援を受けて私が来て「何IFS “を直面する準備ができていた。医師や看護師のチームが手術室に私を取るために来たとき…私は瞬間を満喫したかった。私の兄弟の死や両親の離婚以来、家族の集まり、この種がなされていなかった。これはまさに再会のための最大のテーマではなかった。私は、私の良きさらに数分間不戦勝と私は準備ができていたと言って、それらをコールバックと述べた。

    時間後:

    私は意識を取り戻したが、私は看護師がベッドから出ることを奨励した。鏡を見、私は一度、対称の顔を認識し、気を失ったことができませんでした。私はベッドに戻って助けたように、外科医は、自分の部屋に入った。私は明らかに彼の言葉を聞いた。 「手術は成功だったとあなたは罰金になるだろう。 ”

    私は私の母の自宅で回復したように、私は私のラジカル首の生体解剖の結果、私の体の非対称性に永続的な変更を吸収しようとしました。彼らは、グロテスク、私の心の目からDIS-考え出した私を残し、私の首の右側からすべての筋肉やリンパを削除していた。しかし、手術不能であることの代替は過去の言語だった。

    今、私は別の選択に直面して、私は恐れて、この1を作ったと信じています。あなたは、私が過去2年間、痛みがなかったし、今の痛みは私が想像していた何を超えていた参照してください。私の腕は、神経の損傷から私の側に置いて、私は左右に見て私の首を動かすことを恐れていた。その上で、私は、私もベッドから出る楽しまなかったので、弱かった。まだ私の心は常に私が2週間で放射線治療に直面しなければならなかったという事実を考えていた。私は私が私はもう治療と通過しないことにしましたことを知っていた誰にもお伝えしたいと思いませんでした。

    当時、私は私が私の内なるガイダンスを聞いていたと思った。振り返ってみると、私はこれ以上の痛みだけ恐れていた。

    Ð

    カラマズー、ミシガン州1994

    少し脱線するには、

    四月、前の年に、私は新しいレーシング燃料会社を始める助けるためにそこに移動していた私の兄から電話した後にミシガン州にオハイオ州から移動していたことがあります。これは、全国的にTorcoレーシング燃料として認識となった。国営石油会社からの私のマーケティングや商品名交渉の成功は、私にマーケティング担当副社長のタイトルを上陸させていたし、私の弟は今、この急成長企業の社長を務めていました。さらに、オハイオ州からの私の子供の2は今私と一緒に住んでいた。私の心の目の中に欠けている唯一のものは、愛の生活だった。

    私は見ていないではないことを。

    Ð

    ミシガン州1996

    しかし、もう一つの関心事は、我々が成功して… 1996年の新年を祝ったように、私はそれを無視したにもかかわらず、私を気にし始めていた。

    どのように私は何かが再び私ののどに成長していたことを無視して保つことができる。ゆっくりと私は落胆になったと私は自信を持って内なるガイダンスと神の愛の世界に多くの訪問の年の感謝だったにも関わらず、私は今、私は私の弟の世話で私の2人の息子を残して、上に移動する準備ができていたことを考えていた次の人生へ。

    私は兄からの仕事で私の条件を秘密に保っていたとして、私は私の夢の中で私を愛して非常に美しい若い女性と一緒に、これらの夢を持つ開始しました。私はこれらの毎晩の経験の私の弟の詳細を言うだろうし、我々は両方の日を少しアップする軽量化、一緒に笑うだろう。そして、その月の途中で、私は誰もダンスを見て、私は上の見て、自分で「見知らぬ人」踊りを認識したときの楽しみを持っていることの私のいつも悲しい袋ルーチンを実行してローカルのダンスクラブに座っていた。私は前にそこの回数であった​​、と私は彼女が前にそこに行ったことがなかった、それは小さな町だったので、すべての見慣れた顔を知っていたが、 。私は反応するという内なる声で私のファンクから引き上げた…彼女は私の夢から1だった。私はダンスを遅らせるために彼女に尋ねた、我々は完璧なフィット感だった彼女が来て、次回に踊るように頼んだので、彼女は、そう余りに考えている必要があります。

    我々はいくつかのより多くの時間を踊り、彼女は彼女が行かなければならなかった…私は彼女の車に彼女を続くが、夜は彼女の電話番号を指定せずに終わった。

    次の月曜日の朝、私は私の夢の中でその女性に会い、また、腫瘍が私の喉に再び成長し始めたことを明らかにしたことを弟に言った。部屋は静かで私の弟だったと私は一緒に泣いた。

    次の週末には、私は彼女を見ることを望んで戻ってクラブに行ってきました。彼女だったが、我々は再び踊った。私は彼女を保有我々はどこか他の、より静かに話をしに行くことができれば、私は彼女に尋ねた。私たちは、その後、非公式のカラオケ日からの週と50の靴下ホップに合意したと我々はそれが愛を知っていた。

    今私は、私はこの愛のために何よりも生きたかった知っていた、究極の葛藤があったが、私は彼女に私の条件を言ったら、彼女が陥るだろうか?いやああ…一部これまでのところ、私は取り残されていること。デニスは看護師だったと私はまだ私の秘密を共有することを恐れていた。

    それはバレンタインデーでした。愛の日はいつも私の弟の車の事故の記念日の影に隠れていたので、常に私のためのパラドックスてきた日。今日ではさらに感情的に複雑になった。私は彼女にバレンタインの贈り物を与えたいと思っただけでなく、私も自分の喉の腫瘍の再増殖について彼女に伝えるために必要となる。

    一度私のお母さんと私は、従来の治療を避けるために、選択肢の上に彼女を傷つけると、放射線を避けるために、状態を残すエピソード以上疎遠だったので、私は私の祖母を呼ぶことにしました。私はデニスを満たす条件について私の祖母に話を中継され、今、私の健康状態を明らかにするための時間だったかどうかなど、私の祖母は、単に「彼女が理解する彼女に言う。 」と述べ長い話短い…デニスは、それが大したことはなかったと思って、彼女がすると述べた彼女は私も健康診断のために、二度と戻らない、治療の7週間の5を経て腫瘍学者にログオンして取り組み、病院に連れて行って。

    それは、ほぼ20年前になりました···

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    サラソタ、フロリダ州2014

    それは私の話です…しかし、プロローグは、このうち注ぐ理由を終了することが必要である。

    私はまだ私の首の手術からの日々の慢性的な痛みと一緒に暮らすために持っていた…そして製薬鎮痛剤の最初の年後に、私の代わりに中毒であることのそれと一緒に暮らすことを選んだ。私の一日は一日首が私の一日の短縮ダウン痙攣し、私の人生の喜びのを制限することによって、早期夕方経つにつれて大きくなる私の背中に小さな燃焼スポットから始まります。

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    フロリダに移動する前に、私は私の慢性的な痛みや日常の制限に対する解決策を見つけるために私の内なるガイダンスを求めた。

    私はあなたがより良いあなたが…あなたはそれを見つけるかもしれない…または、それはあなたを見つけることが尋ねる何見て言った回数を覚えています。

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    エピローグ:この生活史のすべての私のためには、最終的には素晴らしい「今」を共有するのにされています。

    先週、私はサラEcofest中のブースでボランティアを頼まれた。私が述べた、彼の妻と働いていたことを仲間には東洋のMDであり、痛みの軽減のために驚くべきすべての自然経皮パッチを持っていた。彼は、がんの手術から破損した私の背中の領域に電源タップを適用した。時間内に私の痛みは消え、リリーフは私が20年近くに住んでいた背焼けや首のけいれんの日の苦悩の通常の終了を忘れてしました。私はそれを信じることができませんでした!

    翌朝私はまだリラックスして、慢性疼痛がなかった。

    パワーストリップを適用した3日後、私は東洋のMDのオフィスに行って、私の救済を共有し、同じようにすばらしい結果を他の人を見つけました。

    私が融合した脊椎骨と2股関節置換および慢性首の痛みがあり、私のステップ父から慢性的な痛みを持っている私の母に1を置く。どちらも、一日中鎮痛薬なしで行きました。私はまた、最近の手術からの腫れや痛みを伴うだった私の母-N義理の手に1を適用した。彼女の驚きに、彼女は数ヶ月の最初の回夜通し眠った。

    それは私の喜びであり、慢性の痛みを経験し、私の友人や知人の…誰もがこれらの2ビデオを見ることを願っています。あなたが電源タップののいずれかを試してみたいなら、私はあなたに1つを貸与し、メールを介してあなたにそれを送信し、あなたはあなたを注文するときに、同じように私を返済することができます。

    鉱山があり、あなたがフライトを予約するか、会社のロン·ウィリアムズ社長兼最高経営責任者(CEO)で土曜日3月1日発表にあるようにサラにドライブすることになるでしょうのようにあなたの人生が変わります。彼は、この製品が世界のどこにメールで出荷することができる示しグローバル機会ネットワーキングイベントを提供しています。

    これら二つのビデオを見て、あなたが探していた寿命変化…ちょうど私のようなのために…あなた自身を準備します。

    http://youtu.be/Xk4g98cUyP4

    http://youtu.be/nLSmsVTtHRc

    私のウェブサイト: http://jackhemsworth.fgxpress.com

    私の話​​を読んでいただき、ありがとうございます。

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  • Jack Hemsworth

    Cancer, Love and Inner Guidance

    Cancer, Love and Inner Guidance

    Columbus, Ohio

    May 14th 1993,

    The past year had been a struggle, since divorcing my wife of seventeen years, and I found myself living alone, without my family of five children.

    My brother came into town to spend the evening to celebrate my forty first birthday with me.

    I slept on the floor that evening next to the bed my brother was sleeping on, and as I woke the next morning, I noticed a slight swelling on the right side of my neck. I just thought a lymph node was infected due to the emotional stress and lifestyle that I had been leading since the separation from my family.

    By August, I knew that something was wrong because the pea-size spot had grown to the size of a ping-pong ball and now was invading the airway of my throat.

    My boss and were at lunch when I experienced a choking episode and he drove me straight to the emergency room. The attending physician quickly looked in my mouth and walked away in silence. When he returned he informed me that he had already scheduled an appointment with a specialist at Ohio State University Hospital.

    My mother and step-father accompanied me to my appointment and waited in the same room with me. The Doctor and two other young interns put me in an examining chair and after a quick look, told me they were going to take a biopsy. I went catatonic with fear as they prepared me with an oral numbing agent. I went into an extreme agitation mode as they were holding me down to administer a sedative injection. This is where the nightmare began. I was literally wide awake as two of the young men held me down and the doctor proceeded to cut a chunk of tissue that was already blocking half my throat. I was gurgling and fighting the restraint as my mother was trying to console me from a distance. The procedure ended with the Doctor walking away with the biopsy sample as I was coming in and out of shock, passing in and out of consciousness. Within twenty minutes the team came back into the room and were now standing around me with my parents who had been consoling me. I was still reeling from what seemed to be a physical assault. The diagnosis was definitive; I only heard the words, squamous cell carcinoma, and then the word Cancer. Still in a state of shock from the previous procedure, the older Doctor left the interns to explain the seriousness of my diagnosis and that they had already scheduled an operating room and time for a radical surgery that would save my life. They were going to remove a portion of my tongue and jawbone and graft skin from my buttocks to repair my face. I was horrified to say the least, and in that moment of disbelief, a familiar inner voice came through the panic of my mind, and assured me that I was not going to accept this outcome as it was being presented. Up until this past year, I had taken great care in keeping up a health regimen that included years of study about cultural medicine. I had given up the idea of being a pre-med student years ago.

    This life or death scenario seemed surreal, but as I quickly reflected over the past year, I had violated those principles of good health with my constant state of depression and out of character binge drinking. A lifestyle and mindset that my body had not been accustomed to.

    We left the hospital hardly saying a word to each other because it was assumed that I would be returning two days later for that surgery.

    When my mother found out that I had decided to cancel the surgery, she went crazy with fear, because she had already lost a son, from a car accident that had happened on Valentines Day 1970, my senior year in high school. It was her experience with depression and allopathic modalities including medications that didn’t help give her relief that lead to her accepting a dozen or more electro shock treatments. She was so distraught by my decision that she was threatening to probate me into a forced surgery scenario. All along, this inner guidance that I had relied on since my brothers death was continuing to assure me that I was making the right decision not to have this radical surgery at this time.

    When the rest of my relatives heard that I had made up my mind not to go through with the surgery and had turned down this prestigious teaching hospitals protocol to save my life, they reluctantly supported my plan to accept an offer to go to California for an alternative treatment…and I packed and said goodbyes at a farewell party. This is where the story gets even more unworldly…I had been aware of vibrational healing modalities in my studies, but I had never heard the word “Radionics.”

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    San Diego, California

    September 1993

    Once I landed in San Diego, I found myself being driven to a clandestinely hidden location overlooking the ocean. It was a modest home without any graphics announcing the services that would be performed within. The happy face and bright aura of a young man put me at ease as he explained that this vibrational therapy was outlawed in the US many years ago. He explained this therapy treatment still could be legally obtained in Canada and Europe. He went on to say that every healthy tissue in the body had a vibratory signature and when it was unhealthy was detectable as well. He connected me to a device and began turning knobs and dials as if trying to tune into a television set. A few additional clicks of some switches and the young man said this process was complete. The vibrational frequency adjustment would allow my body to become strong enough over time to eventually handle a surgical removal of the tumor.

    Columbus, Ohio 1995

    Long story short, two years later after returning to Ohio, and with the tumor now the size of a softball: that same inner guidance said it was time to have it removed. This time I went to the hospital where years earlier I had to help make the decision to remove my twelve year old brother from life support.

    I walked into the reception area and shared only part of my story, leaving out the alternative therapy scenario. A psychologist talked with me for a few moments and scheduled an immediate meeting with a surgeon. Coincidently, I would be meeting with the son of the Doctor that had delivered my Grandmothers five daughters. One of which was my mother.

    The Doctor had already looked at my medical history from two years earlier and was sullen about the choice I had made. Sternly he said to me, “Jack, you’ve waited too long and you are probably inoperable.” In that moment I wasn’t sure what he meant, but it sounded like a death sentence. Then reluctantly he stated, “Lets schedule an MRI and see what’s going on with your tumor.”

    I waited anxiously for the Dr. to return to my hospital room. He walked in with a mystified look on his face and a slight smile.

    “Jack, it looks like your tumor is encapsulated and I am going to operate on you. I have already scheduled the surgery for tomorrow.”

    I was suspended in time with relief and then a wave of fear…I had never had surgery let alone this major surgery to save my life. The inner voice again comforted me and I rested on and off through the night.

    With the support of my parents and step-parents at my side I was ready to face the “what ifs” to come. When the team of Doctors and Nurses came to take me into the operating room… I wanted to savor the moment. Since my brothers death and parents divorce, there hadn’t been this kind of family gathering. This wasn’t exactly the greatest theme for a reunion. I said my good byes for a few more minutes and then called them back to say I was ready.

    Four hours later:

    I was regaining consciousness, I was encouraged to get out of bed by the nurses. Looking in the mirror, I couldn’t recognize the once symmetric face and fainted. As I was assisted back to bed, the surgeon walked into my room. I heard his words clearly. “The surgery was a success and you are going to be fine.”

    As I recovered at my mother’s home, I tried to absorb the permanent changes to my body asymmetry as the result of my radical neck vivisection. They had removed all the muscle and lymph from the right side of my neck leaving me grotesquely dis-figured from my minds eye. But the alternative of being inoperable was language of the past.

    Now, I faced another choice, and I believe I made this one out of fear. You see I hadn’t had any pain for the past two years, and now the pain was beyond anything I could have imagined. My arm laid at my side from the nerve damage and I was afraid of moving my neck to look from side to side. On top of that I was so weak I didn’t even entertain getting out of bed. Yet my mind was constantly thinking about the fact that I had to face radiation treatments in two weeks. I didn’t want to tell anyone that only I knew that I had decided to not go through with anymore treatments.

    At the time I thought I was listening to my inner guidance. Looking back, I was just afraid of any more pain.

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    Kalamazoo, Michigan 1994

    To digress a bit,

    May to April the previous year, I had moved from Ohio to Michigan after a phone call from my brother who had moved there to help start a new racing fuel company. It became nationally recognized as Torco Racing Fuels. The success of my marketing and trade name negotiation from a national oil company had landed me the title of Vice President of Marketing and my brother was now the President of this fast growing corporation. Additionally, two of my children from Ohio now lived with me. The only thing missing in my minds eye was a love life.

    Not that I wasn’t looking.

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    Michigan 1996

    Yet,another preoccupation was beginning to bother me, even though I was ignoring it as we were celebrating success and the New Year…1996.

    How could I keep ignoring that something was growing in my throat again. Slowly I became despondent and even though I was confident and thankful for the years of Inner Guidance and the many visits to worlds of Divine Love, I was now thinking that I was ready to leave my two sons in the care of my brother and move on into the next life.

    As I was keeping my condition secret at work from my brother, I began having these dreams with a very beautiful young woman who loved me in my dreams. I would tell my brother details of these nightly experiences and we would both laugh together, lightening up the day a little. Then in the middle of that month, I was sitting in a local dance club doing my usual sad sack routine of watching everyone dancing and having fun when I looked over and recognized the “stranger” dancing by herself. I had been there a number of times before, and I knew all the familiar faces as it was a small town, but, she had never been there before. I was lifted out of my funk by that Inner Voice to react…she was the one from my dreams. I asked her to slow dance and we were a perfect fit, she must have thought so too, because she came and asked me to dance the next time.

    We danced a few more times and she said she had to go…I followed her out to her car but the night ended without her phone number.

    The next Monday morning I told my brother that I met that woman in my dreams and also revealed that the tumor had started growing again in my throat. The room was silent and my brother and I cried together.

    The following weekend I went back to the club hoping I would see her. She was there and we again danced. As I held her I asked her if we could go somewhere else more quiet to talk. We agreed on an informal karaoke date the following week and then a 50’s sock hop and we knew it was love.

    Now I had the ultimate conflict, I knew I wanted to live more than anything for this love, but if I told her my condition, would she freak out? Oh yea…the part so far that I have left out. Denise was a nurse and I was still afraid to share my secret.

    It was Valentines Day. The day that always has been a paradox for me because the day of love was always overshadowed by the anniversary of my brother’s car accident. Today was even further complicated emotionally. I not only wanted to give her a valentine gift but I also needed to tell her about the re-growth of a tumor in my throat.

    I decided to call my grandmother because at the time my mom and I were estranged over the episode of traumatizing her over the choice to avoid conventional medical treatment and leaving the state to avoid radiation. As I relayed the story to my grandmother about meeting Denise and whether now was the time to reveal my health condition, my grandmother just said “tell her she will understand.” Long story shorter…Denise thought it was no big deal and said she would take me to the hospital where she worked, and then on to an Oncologist where I went through five of the seven weeks of treatment, never to return for even a checkup.

    That was now nearly twenty years ago…

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    Sarasota, Florida 2014

    That’s my story…but a prologue is necessary to finish the reason for this out pouring.

    I have still had to live with daily chronic pain from my neck surgery…and after the first year of pharmaceutical painkillers, I chose to live with it instead of being an addict. My day starts with a small burning spot in my back that grows larger as the day goes by and by early evening the neck cramping down shortening my day and limiting my life’s joy’s.

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    Before moving to Florida I asked my Inner Guidance to find a solution to my chronic pain and the daily limitations.

    I remember how many times I have said you better watch what you ask for…You just might find it…or it may find you.

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    Epilogue: All of this life history for me finally has a wonderful “Now” to share.

    In the past week I was asked to volunteer at a booth during the Sarasota Ecofest. The fellow that I was working with mentioned his wife was an Oriental MD and had an amazing all natural Transdermal Patch for pain relief. He applied the Powerstrip to the area on my back damaged from the Cancer surgery. Within an hour my pain was gone and the relief made me forget about the usual end of day agony of back burning and neck spasms that I had been living with for almost 20 years. I couldn’t believe it!!!

    The next morning I was still relaxed and free of the chronic pain.

    After three days of applying the Power Strip I went to the Oriental MD’s office and shared my relief and found others with the same amazing results.

    I put one on my mother who has chronic pain from fused vertebrae and two hip replacements and my step-father, who has chronic neck pain. Both went without pain medications all day. I also applied one to my mother-n-law’s hand that was swollen and painful from a recent surgery. To her amazement she slept through the night for the first times in months.

    It is my joy and wish that Everyone of my friends and acquaintances…who experience chronic pain watch these two videos. If you want to try one of the PowerStrips, I can loan you one and send it to you through the mail and when you order yours you can pay me back the same way.

    Your life will change like mine has and you will want to book a flight or drive to Sarasota to be at a Saturday March 1st presentation with Ron Williams President and CEO of the company. He is providing a Global opportunity Networking Event that shows this product can be shipped via mail anywhere in the world.

    Watch these two videos and prepare yourself…for the lifetime change you’ve been looking for…just like me.

    http://youtu.be/Xk4g98cUyP4

    http://youtu.be/nLSmsVTtHRc

    My website: http://jackhemsworth.fgxpress.com

    Thank You for reading my story.

  • Negi

    and here is another one^^
    (English-Japanese-Turkish)

    http://cig-balik-mi-yiyorsun-ay-igrenc.blogspot.jp/