About the name:
A sardonic reference to being a resident of general “foreign country land” to my Japanese hosts, during the ~5 years I lived among them.
Noun
外国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 外國, hiragana がいこく, romaji gaikoku)
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スタン
katakana: “-stan”, as in アフガニスタン: “A-fu-ga-ni-su-ta-n” or “Afghanistan“
About the blog:
A general collection of misplaced things: politics, stories, thoughts, art, etc. Nothing specific. Just a posting space.
About the author:
American by nationality. Former resident of Japan. Current resident of Washington D.C.
外国スタン 