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Shawn B. Swinger

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A-Culturated

Japan is Not Your Candyland

Over-tourism and its fallout

Apr 30, 2024

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

Apr 30, 2024

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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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Japonica Publication

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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Japonica Publication

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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Japonica Publication

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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Books Are Our Superpower

The Horror Story that Taught Me to Love

Adam Nevill’s “Cunning Folk”

May 15

The Horror Story that Taught Me to Love

May 15

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About Me Stories

Japan Will Not Make You Happy

And neither will any country, travel, or experience in themselves

Mar 30

Photo of a Japanese shinto shrine in a green forest, with sunlight washing over it.

Mar 30

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A-Culturated

Meeting a Cannibal in Nepal

A clash of faith alongside a burning river

Jan 29

Meeting a Cannibal in Nepal

Jan 29

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Globetrotters

The Northern Wilds of Japan

A day in Shiretoko Peninsula

Jan 28

The Northern Wilds of Japan

Jan 28

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Dialogue & Discourse

Will AI Destroy or Save Us?

Prometheus Fire Unleashed

Nov 15, 2024

Will AI Destroy or Save Us?

Nov 15, 2024

Shawn B. Swinger

Shawn B. Swinger

History teacher (MSc), write about life in Japan and other Asian nations. Also on Substack

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