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The Student News Site of The American School in Japan

HANABI

The Student News Site of The American School in Japan

HANABI

Spillin' The Tea on Cliques at ASIJ

Spillin’ The Tea on Cliques at ASIJ

Article by Carolin Holjo, Koyo Odagari, and Shivaan Kothari December 4, 2024

Spillin' The Tea is a Hanabi column that takes a casual perspective on submissions from the ASIJ Community. The 2024-25 writers are Koyo Odagari (10), Carolin Holjo (11), and Shivaan Kothari (11). This...

Spillin' the Tea on Conservatism at ASIJ

Spillin’ the Tea on Conservatism at ASIJ

Article by Ann-Li Hitosugi and Masa Kawasaki April 10, 2019

Submission: A lot of the people at ASIJ who lean conservative say that they feel "discriminated against." (I assume they are using the term lightly, but why say it if you don't feel that way to a certain...

Seniors Ann-Li Hitosugi and Masa Kawasaki discuss the library, one of the two locations in which most high schoolers spend their breaks.

What’s The TEAlio? Social Groups and Parties at ASIJ

Article by Ann-Li Hitosugi and Masa Kawasaki December 5, 2018

Submission: Why is it that if you don't hang out in the Book Locker Room, you are literally not invited to any parties (no shade intended)? I'm not blaming the BLR people, it's actually a frustration...

Seniors Ann-Li Hitosugi and Masa Kawasaki pose with traditional Japanese tea cups to advertise their "Spillin' the Tea" column. Their first sip of "tea” available on the site.

Spillin’ the Tea with Hanabi

Article by Ann-Li Hitosugi and Masa Kawasaki November 13, 2018
Have a pressing issue? An unresolved conflict, also known as “beef”? Or an early-life crisis? Maybe some pent-up angst? Submit your thoughts and opinions, dilemmas and predicaments–all of which we refer to as the “Tea”–to your two favorite Seniors, Ann-Li and Masa, and we will gladly provide you with totally unqualified and unsolicited advice!
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