Everyone knows Japan is a monocultural monoethnic country with tendencies towards Xenophobia, right? Right?
Discussing Japan’s lack of public trash cans and drawing comparisons between the police in Japan and the U.S.
Though not as internationally renowned as the katana, the naginata is still practiced as a sport worldwide.
Since JCMU doesn’t have a cafeteria, we generally buy and cook our own food, which requires regular grocery trips…
While everyone else takes a week off, I continue to slave away…
What does a Japanese educational TV show aimed at kids look like? I’m glad you asked…
In which temples and shrines are discussed.
I just got back from spending a weekend in Tokyo, so while I rest my aching feet, I’ll give some highlights of the trip.
Given that it is now February, I am required to make a post explaining how the holiday of Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Japan.
About three weeks ago I arrived in Japan and moved into an apartment style dorm room on the JCMU campus. There were three distinct differences in living arrangements that struck me first.