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Gaijin Mommy

@gaijinmommy.bsky.social

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Permanent resident of Japan. 日本語 N1. Urban wildlife street photography of flowers. Shared consciousness with Tokyo Skytree. Neurodivergent house party. Train otaku by proxy. Sober. Survivor. Shitamachi supremacist. Profile: @nakimushiart.bsky.social

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hi! I am moving some of my favorite memes about Japan that I’ve made over the years across the abyss to a pinned post over here, so that we all may have a happy, new life together. Depending on how well you know me, this 🧵 will either be my informal self-introduction, or a blast from the past.

A joke map of Tokyo’s Yamanote line, with all the station names “liberally” translated into English.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 1m

Thanks!

Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks!

Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 12h

Oh wow thanks so much 🙏

Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 13h

I…. am going to need to start locking the door.

Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 13h

Please knock!!

Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 13h

Cool I think I went there once that time my kid and I took local trains to Osaka and back over the course of 2 days. Great view at the top. We had trouble finding the entrance, but then again we had trouble finding everything over there.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 13h

Nakama!

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 13h

Hahaha I finally got you to open this app I win.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 14h

This afternoon I took out my phone to show @ishikawasachi.bsky.social photos of my kids but my entire camera roll was so inundated with Skytrees I nearly gave up but I found some small humans eventually and by the way here’s a tower with some trains, now.

Tokyo Skytree now, lit rainbow and green, from the roof of a department store. Some passing trains. Mostly grey sky is still a little dark blue but fading fast.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 14h

😭 me too

Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 14h

And now a 記念写真 before I kick him out 😅

The back of two kids’ heads as the play trains, one ginger, the other about to get kicked out.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 14h

He just walked right up. We were all on the 3rd floor so I guess he came looking for us when we weren’t on the 1st 2 floors

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 15h

And while I unceremoniously greeted the child with an “Ah, what the hell!!” I can’t get too freaked out by this obvious breach of home visitation etiquette because I am too busy being happy that my child actually has a friend and this is special needs parenting.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 15h

My younger son’s classmate literally just showed up unannounced on the 3rd floor of our house, which I suppose is what I get for leaving the door open and having the sickest plarail setup on the block 😂

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 16h

That’s what everyone says when we see them 😂😬

Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 16h

Oh friend all the hugs I will be thinking of you!

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 16h

Full disclosure I often think about how cool you are too 😘

Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah I mean I don’t know y it is more expensive than the other drinks but maybe that creates a placebo relaxing effect…

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 18h

Endless!

Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 18h

No idea…

Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 19h

They got sued by Nintendo so now you see them displaying placards that say “not affiliated with Nintendo.” 😂

Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah and it is more often than not the sound of someone opening an alcoholic beverage, so.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 20h

I just opened an innocuous canned beverage on a mostly empty train and the way the few eyes that were in my vicinity darted over to me had me recall a time when I would measure distances on the Tokyo Metro by how many Chu-hi it took to get there, and that is not me anymore, so at least we have that😅

An innocuous carbonated beverage on an empty Shinjuku line. It is supposed to make me chill out. I’ll let you know if it works

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 22h

🤔

Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 22h

Adding context: Azuma is a perfectly normal reading for 東, but in the case of 吾妻橋, it is the wrong one. Unless, apparently, you meant to do that. Then it is perfectly fine 😵‍💫

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