{"id":14305,"date":"2010-10-26T04:24:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=14305"},"modified":"2010-10-26T04:24:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T08:24:00","slug":"gaijin-on-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/26\/gaijin-on-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaijin on Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Joshua Small <\/em><\/strong><em>is a First Year JET currently living in Ikaruga-cho, Nara-ken and has been chronicling his experience on his blog <a href=\"http:\/\/snorlax87.blogspot.com\/\"><strong>Snorlax87<\/strong><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>32 Nara JETs, 60 Japanese people (ranging from infants to the elderly)  gathered at Miwa station, all dressed in costume. Let me paint a picture  for you: 30 FOREIGNERS BOARDED A TRAIN COMPLETELY CLAD IN HALLOWEEN  COSTUMES.  To say people stared would be an understatement.  They  LEERED&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/snorlax87.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/snorlax87.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_self\"> <\/a>to read the rest of the post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua Small is a First Year JET currently living in Ikaruga-cho, Nara-ken and has been chronicling his experience on his blog Snorlax87. 32 Nara JETs, 60 Japanese people (ranging from infants to the elderly) gathered at Miwa station, all dressed in costume. 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