Note: I’ll use “gaijin” for the majority of the article. Not in a derogatory sense (I’m a gaijin too) because it’s much cleaner than “foreign student”. And of course, to highlight that foreigners for the most part are … [Read more...]
Nowadays, people see their dogs as part of their family, and they treat them - and spend on them - accordingly. There’s day care, organic food, health insurance, personalized birthday cakes... it all makes some people … [Read more...]
Japan can call itself an innovator in the reality TV and game show world. Shows like Takeshi’s Castle and Za Gaman garnered more viewers abroad than they did domestically, because of their complete novelty to foreign … [Read more...]
When you date a Japanese girl there are a lot of cultural road bumps to overcome. Yet despite them–maybe even because of them–you might decide to make things permanent. Popping the question can already be stressful, but … [Read more...]
大学は人生の春休み - College is the spring break of life. 遊ぶのは大学のうち - You can only play while you’re still in university. These are all various sayings which I have heard the Japanese use to describe their college lives. In … [Read more...]
Disclaimer: reading this article will not transform you into an actual jujitsu master. Still here? Great! Reading ahead will not in fact make you a real-life, dagger-wielding, jujitsu pro, but it will tell you whether … [Read more...]