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- Food Trip Around Lake Kawaguchi
- November 20th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Food & Dining, Play, Travel
- Aside from a great view of Mount Fuji, there are plenty of other things to see and do in Yamanashi. Walking around Lake Kawaguchi is a nice experience. I really did enjoy the views of Lake Kawaguchi and the mountains. I'm sure if you are lucky enough to see Mt. Fuji i ... » Continue Reading
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- Design Fiesta 2012 Part 1
- November 19th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Events, Play, Shopping
- Design Festa is held twice a year, in May and November. It is the biggest artshow in Japan and is extraordinary. Anyone can buy a booth or a large canvas and get stuck in. Everyone lets loose and the reception is awesome. It is held at Big Sight over two floors ... » Continue Reading
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- Always adorable, sometimes odd: Japanese Preschool
- November 16th, 2012Category: Culture, Travel
- Six years ago I was a Canadian university student in Tokyo for the summer with a then girlfriend and needed work. My friend's father set up a job at a neighbour hood preschool for me within days. I was weary, expecting to be the warden I rebelled against so strong ... » Continue Reading
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- Two Japanese Life Skills You Must Master
- November 16th, 2012Category: Culture
- If you want to be a success in Japan, there are only two things you really need to nail. The unfortunate small problem is, they’re opposites. But perhaps a colorful story will help to illustrate. So I was in a “standing bar” a couple of weeks ago, which is like ... » Continue Reading
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- How to Bow Like a Japanese
- November 14th, 2012Category: Culture
- What could be more typically Japanese than bowing? Every other book about Japan has something to say on the subject, so it must be important, right? Certainly a lot of foreigners come to Japan and start bowing like crazy, so maybe they all read the same book. I ... » Continue Reading
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- When Kawaii (Cute) Becomes Kowai (Scary) : Cuteness Overload in Japan
- November 14th, 2012Category: Culture
- One impossible thing to ignore in Japanese society is the obsession of everything cute. Walk into a Japanese female’s apartment and prepare to be bombarded by a cuteness explosion. The stuffed animals, pink bunny clock, and fuzzy slippers are what you might expe ... » Continue Reading
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- Why Japanese People Are Comfortable With Nakedness
- November 9th, 2012Category: Culture, Play
- Japanese are often described as polite, hard-working, yet passive or shy. But one area Japanese people are not hazukashii is when it comes to nudity. Feudal peasants wore nothing more than a loin cloth—and it seems not much has changed when we look at the sumo wrestle ... » Continue Reading
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- How Will American Fast Food Affect Japanese Culture?
- November 2nd, 2012Category: Culture, Food & Dining, Play
- I won't lie, I DO love a good Mickey D's strawberry shake and some fries. This Crispy apple pies ain't bad neither. Mmm, mmm, mmm! I will be the first one to tell you that a McDonald’s chicken sandwich with a large order of crispy, lightly salted, golden fries fol ... » Continue Reading
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- In It for the Treats
- October 31st, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Play
- “So, do you like Halloween?” “YEAH!” “Why?” “Cause I can eat lots of candy!” “I have a general knowledge question. How old is Halloween?” “Eh…ten years?” Thus went every conversation with my students last Friday in our Halloween themed class (also known as t ... » Continue Reading
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- A Japanese Suicide
- October 30th, 2012Category: Culture
- They say that no one goes through life unscathed. But you know Ken Seeroi ain’t trying to hear that. I figured hey, move to a nice safe country with pretty girls and amazing food and just avoid that whole scathing thing altogether. Well, you can’t say I didn’t ... » Continue Reading
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- 10 things that you should know before coming to Japan
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- Unique Japanese fashion styles
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- Cats, Numbers and Other Japanese Superstitions
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- Hakone: A Day Trip to Remember
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