My Life as a Gaijin

"Ahh! Gaijin da!" "It's a foreigner!" the kid screamed after rounding the corner of the supermarket aisle and running into me. He quickly turned on his heels and darted off to find his mother. Yes, there was no doubt about it, I was a gaijin, a thing to shock small children and adults alike

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Monday, April 14, 2008

Happy New (School) Year!

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Last week, here in Japan, the new school year began. As an Aussie, having grown up with the school year starting in line with the new calend...
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Melanie Gray Augustin
I've recently returned to Australia after three years living in Japan. I continue to be inspired by the culture, the fabric and the paper of Japan which I use in sewing, jewellery making and papercrafts.
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