The Cherry Blossom front!
No this is not the name of some right wing, rabid radical party though I was aghast to read an article in today’s Japan Times about Ayako Sono who supports the […]
No this is not the name of some right wing, rabid radical party though I was aghast to read an article in today’s Japan Times about Ayako Sono who supports the […]
February 6th, Waitangi Day in NZ and 1 week and 1 day until Valentine’s day. Valentine’s Day is a western celebration celebrated in an uniquely Japanese way. This week is […]
My first blogged festival of the year was Seijin no Hi., a celebration of the coming of age. https://nihongojapango.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/culture-coming-of-age-and-the-kimono/ February the 3rd brings the 2nd festival known as Setsubun […]
Previous posts have tried to address such questions as,” Do you really get squashed into the train? ” “Do Japanese really bathe naked with strangers?” ” Is all Japanese food […]
In my next life, I’d like to be an Onsen Bijin 温泉美人 or in other words a Hot Spring Beauty! The geographic nature of Japan and its seismic activity means […]
One of my great finds on returning to Japan after 15 years away is the Kitchen Nippon Cooking Class. I lived in Japan in my early 20’s in the late 80’S […]
Here I am living in Japan, working as an English teacher, loving the culture, the food the people and the language. The are times when I stumble with the language […]
Are you thinking what I was thinking? This gave me quite a start! This pole is outside a local convenience store on the way to my school. Now convenience is […]
My previous posts are taking the piss a tad, are borderline rants and reek of sarcasm and I don’t see any reason that this will end up any different as […]
The Japanese are still prolific smokers despite statistics showing the number of smokers is at an all time low. Cigarettes are still very cheap and very easily accessible with vending […]