{"id":13390,"date":"2010-09-02T00:14:45","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T04:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=13390"},"modified":"2010-09-02T00:19:14","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T04:19:14","slug":"wit-life-121-virtual-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/02\/wit-life-121-virtual-love\/","title":{"rendered":"WIT LIfe #121: Virtual Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

WITLife<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is a periodic series written by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator <\/strong><\/em>Stacy Smith<\/strong><\/a> <\/em>(Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03). She starts her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares s<\/strong><\/em>ome of the interesting tidbits and trends together with her own observations.<\/strong><\/em>\"\"<\/p>\n

A wacky article from the WSJ<\/a> about overnight trips between otaku and their virtual lovers to the seaside area of Atami, not far from Tokyo.\u00a0 Local business such as yakiniku (pictured right) and dessert shops are catering to this new clientele with special menus and promotional products, adding a bit of economic stimulus to this past its heyday region.\u00a0 Hotels will often charge for two (for up to $500!) despite the fact that half of the couple is virtual, and the men gladly pay.\u00a0 An Only in Japan story that I hope will be taken in context!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WITLife is a periodic series written by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03). She starts her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends together with her own observations. A wacky article from the WSJ about overnight trips between otaku and their virtual lovers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42,30,18,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdote-article","category-japan-trends","category-translatinginterpreting","category-wit-life"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t