Several guys I work with have married their wives in their home countries but have come to Nippon to live indefinitely. They all give the same reason for leaving their jobs and starting a new adventure here in Nippon: their wives have aging parents and...
Topics: Daily Life, family customs, good daughters, japan, Modern Culture, People, Traditional Culture

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The last time I checked, I was very green. By green, I mean earth-friendly; mostly because of the rules and stuff I have to follow because I live in Japan.My carbon footprint, according to this calculator, is small. My trips home and occasional travels...
Topics: carbon footprint, Daily Life, japan, Modern Culture, People, recycling, save the earth, Trivia

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A few years back, I went on a trip to Sendai for the Tanabata Festival. At that time, I was only interested because of the colorful decorations that I heard were so famous. I badgered a Japanese friend to accompany me, and she was so nice she’d...
Topics: Events, Festivals, hikoboshi, japan, orihime, star festival, tanabata, tenkou, Traditional Culture, Travel, Trivia

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What I’d planned originally as a short leave of absence from blogging turned into a blogging sabbatical. It feels like I haven’t blogged in years, but in reality it has only been nine weeks.I’ve had to contend with new job...
Topics: japan q&a, People

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The next week is going to be quite busy (as the past two have been…), so I’m afraid my non-writing streak will continue for a while longer. I apologize, but it is the Golden Week and I hope at the end of it I will be equipped with stories to..
Topics: ゴールデンウィク, Events, golden week, japan, Travel

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