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Izakaya Oni
141 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003, US
A mediocre Japanese gastropub (izakaya) in the East Village. Located behind Ramen Setagaya in the space formerly occupied by Pasta/Sushi Wafu and Oriental Spoon before that.
Kris and I went last night (4 June 2008) after the Forum on Participation and Politics Online at NYU Law School. [...]

Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me
More photos on Flickr
Thanks to Monica, JETAANY Social Chair, for the organizing the event and for taking photos!

(Cross-posted from JETAANY.org)
Two Japan-related pieces from the New York Times:
Fitting In, Japanese Style
Yes, MSG, the Secret Behind the Savor
Also, in case you haven’t gotten the memo yet, white people like Japan. They apparently like Asian girls too.

I was the panel moderator for the 2007 JETAANY Career Forum at the Nippon Club on Saturday, October 27 and an MC for the Welcome Back Reception later that evening.
I recorded the Career Forum presentations and panel discussion.  Visit JETAANY.org to read more and to download the MP3s.

Another “only in Japan” and “oh, the Japanese are so quirky” story. Actually, I’m not all that surprised. When I was living there, I saw some TV variety show introduce a line of children’s clothing made out of knife stabbing resistant fabrics. This was a few weeks after a horrific school killing when an elementary [...]