The Nail That Sticks Up: An American Teen In Japan: Konnichiwa!

The Origin of the Name

There's a saying in Japan that translates roughly to "the stake that sticks up will be hammered down", but over the years it was mistranslated to "nail". It means, that to work together as a whole, everyone must be the same. Westerners have seized upon this as a summary of Japanese lifestyle, so I get it quoted at me a lot when I tell people that's where I'm going.
Also, there is an extremely low amount of foreigners in Japan. Any non-Japanese person (such as myself) there is very conspicuous indeed.
And finally, I tend to stick out a bit no matter what I do. Just part of my lovely nature, I guess! ;P

So thus sprung the name!

Monday, August 24, 2009

Konnichiwa!

Today I got to wear a yukata. I took a picture wearing it along with Riho, Fuka and Obaa-chan. Riho was wearing a yukata as well. Mine wasn't yukata exactly, I forget what it was exactly. School starts the day after tomorrow. Sorry if my writing isn't very up to scratch; I'm kind of tired and have been speaking Japanese all day.

See you next post! (hopefully that's soon...)

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UnknownAugust 24, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Eva-

I am glad to hear things are going so well. Sounds like you are having a great time. We really enjoy hearing about all of your experiences.

Love, Dad
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