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Japan is Not Your Candyland

Over-tourism and its fallout

Apr 30

Mount Fuji in the background, red Japanese shrine in the foreground.

Apr 30

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About Me Stories

About Me — Shawn Swinger

Here’s Me, Condensed into Paragraph Form

Oct 2, 2023

About Me — Shawn Swinger

Oct 2, 2023

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Inside the World of Japan’s Secretive Hostess Clubs

What Motivates the Girls Who Work There?

Sep 13, 2023

Inside the World of Japan’s Secretive Hostess Clubs

Sep 13, 2023

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A Yakuza-linked Hostess Club Owner Takes me on a Man Date

Jul 10, 2023

A Yakuza-linked Hostess Club Owner Takes me on a Man Date

Jul 10, 2023

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That Time I Was Blackmailed in Japan

Car crashes, yakuza wannabes and surly police

Jun 14, 2023

That Time I Was Blackmailed in Japan

Jun 14, 2023

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Globetrotters

The Coolest Region in Japan

Three years living in the frozen wilds of Aomori Prefecture

Aug 28

Two floats of a samurai fighting a demon

Aug 28

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The Unexpected Joy of Finding Community While Traveling

A horse trek in Kyrgyzstan exceeded expectations

Aug 19

A horse drinks water from a lake beneath mountains and the sunrise.

Aug 19

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Globetrotters

A Travel Horror Story

Getting stranded in Kyrgyzstan

Aug 9

A Travel Horror Story

Aug 9

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A-Culturated

Not Belonging in Japan

You can’t “be” Japanese and that’s okay

Jul 31

My dog in front of a school sign that says “Keep Out”

Jul 31

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How to Survive Japan’s Death Summer

It's much hotter than you think

Jul 22

View of the blue-green ocean from a hammock

Jul 22

Shawn B. Swinger

Shawn B. Swinger

History teacher (MSc), write about life in Japan and other Asian nations. Also on Substack https://shawnswinger.substack.com/

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