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Keiko Miki lives in Dublin, Ireland, where she works as a translator for a mobile game company.She wants to introduce readers to aspects of Irish culture and the Irish people that are little-known in Japan, and tell everyone how the Irish see Japan—all in a fun way that hopefully gets a few laughs in the process.

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  • 2020.08.25
  • I had a baby in Ireland! (Part III)
  • We now come to the final installment in my childbirth experience, the actual delivery! I got to the hospital a little before 8 AM, but the management office that assigns patients to different wards wasn’t open yet.
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  • 2020.05.25
  • I had a baby in Ireland! (Part II)
  • This is the second installment in my series about having a baby in Ireland! As you’d expect, my doctor visits got more frequent as I entered the second half of my pregnancy—and by the time my due date was approaching, I was going back and forth between my obstetrician and my general practitioner every other week.
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  • 2020.04.08
  • I had a baby in Ireland! (Part I)
  • It was probably obvious when you looked at the pictures I posted in my last blog entry on my wedding ceremony, but I recently became a mother in Ireland! Today I want to tell you about the differences between having a baby in Japan and having one overseas.
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  • 2020.03.04
  • Prices in Dublin: Is it expensive here or cheap?
  • A little while ago you read my complaints about the high rents in Dublin (lol), and I realized that I probably gave you the impression that everything here is expensive. So in this post I thought I’d talk more about a subject that for some reason I haven’t covered yet—prices in Dublin.
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  • 2019.08.09
  • Can you read Irish names?
  • In my past posts, I’ve written about the distinctive accents and ways of speaking that Irish people have. Now, I’d like to explain them in a little more detail.
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  • 2019.05.31
  • Street Performers
  • Sunny days are becoming more common, and their days are also getting longer! That said, even on sunny days the high temperature is only in the low teens (Celsius), so when the wind hits you it still feels somewhere between Japanese winter and spring. I can't wait for summer!
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  • 2019.03.14
  • Some thoughts on language
  • I want to write about words—something that we use every day. I have a friend who’s living in South America right now, and something she said really hit me. I can’t get it out of my head.
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  • 2018.11.21
  • Time Warp!
  • A little late, but… Happy Halloween!The article I wrote around this time last year talked about how Halloween has its origins in the Celt people of Ireland. Well, this year I had a ton of fun again, so I’m going to start off by just showing you some pictures!
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  • 2018.08.09
  • A friendly tip on hospitals just in case of emergencies!!
  • This probably seems laughable compared to the weather in Japan, but Europe’s been hit with a heatwave since June and the summer has been far hotter than usual. The summers in Ireland are gorgeous—it doesn’t rain much, and the days are long (it doesn’t get dark until around 11 PM). Here is one of my favorite pictures of summer in Northern Ireland.
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  • 2018.06.12
  • A huge step for future progress!
  • May 25 marked a huge shift for the future of Ireland!And it all happened because of a national referendum.Actually in May 2015, right before I came to Ireland, the country made history by becoming the first in the world to legalize gay marriage through popular vote.
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  • 2018.04.10
  • Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
  • Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17 each year. It has started to catch on in Japan recently too, and I’ve heard they’re holding parades and such in places like Osaka and Tokyo. But Saint Patrick’s Day has always been a huge event in Ireland!
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  • 2018.03.15
  • People-watching Journal: Volume 1
  • I’ll be honest: I love people-watching. Whenever I have a free moment, you’ll find me transfixed by the sight of different people walking by. In this post, I thought I’d write about some of the strange happenings I’ve seen in Dublin (it’s not because I have run out of things to write about (lol).
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  • 2018.02.14
  • Fun facts about life in Ireland!
  • I went back to Japan between Christmas and New Year’s, so I’m just getting around to my first post in a while. Just to describe my trip briefly: JAPAN IS THE BEST!!! The food is so good, and the baths were so warm… I mean, I like Ireland and all, but it was so hard to leave Japan.
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  • 2017.11.28
  • The truth about Halloween
  • I’m a bit late in asking this, but how was everyone’s Halloween? It looks like Japan’s been getting weirdly into it over the last few years… it really shows you how readily and doggedly the Japanese go after anything that looks like it might be a commercial opportunity lol.
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  • 2017.11.24
  • Irish Food: Part II
  • Last time I wrote about eating out in Ireland. In Part II, I want to tell you about the supermarkets.To start, there are basically five major supermarket chains in Dublin. The ones that aren’t in Japan are Lidl, Aldi, and Dunnes Store. They also have the familiar Supervalue and Tesco chains.
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  • 2017.09.25
  • The “rich” food of Ireland
  • In my last article, I talked about clothing. Today we move on to the next life necessity: food. People often ask me how the food is in Ireland. It’s really difficult to explain (so please stop asking! lol). That’s because it’s basically exactly like what you think of as British food. There aren’t really any foods that you’ll find only in Ireland. A friend visited from England a while back and I had no idea where to take her. So, let’s move on to the classic dish of Ireland
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  • 2017.08.31
  • Bringing you news from Dublin, the capital of Ireland
  • First off, Japanese people are always mistaking Ireland for some other country. Sometimes I can kind of see how they do it—with countries like Poland, Finland, or maybe the closest-sounding one, Iceland. People often give me these totally over-the-top reactions like, “It’s freezing there, right!?” and I’ll give some bumbling reply like, “the summers are cool, but the winters are… not that cold I guess.” I’ve even had someone mistake it for New Zealand. I mean, it’s not even on the same continent, so I couldn’t even bring myself to launch some smart comeback (of course I busted out laughing).
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