Monthly Archives: April 2007

Finally Decided

to enter Columbia’s History PhD program. It was the toughest decision I had to make in my life so far.

Posted in My Grad School Life

Appreciation of My Dialect

I decided to speak the Osakan dialect when I communiate in Japanese from now on because: 1. I would like to challenge the legitimacy of the nationalized standard Japanese. 2. I have a stronger/harsher personality when I speak my dialect, … Continue reading

Posted in (Anti) Nationalism, Japan