BlogDo the Japanese like eating meat?
They say Chinese people eat everything with four legs but tables, and everything with two legs but aeroplanes. This is n...
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BlogDoes everyone have a sharp knife in Japan?
“I understand your frustration, it’s because we came from the country of Samurai !” said Saori, one of my Japanese frien...
BlogThe Reason for Wanting to Marry a High-Grade Man
I was once offered a job to edit an ebook on something like “How to marry a man who earns 10 million yen a year”. It was...
BlogBackstrap Weaving and Japanese Old Story
In the mountainous of South East Asia, there are ethnic minorities who only wear items dyed with specific dyes. Because ...
BlogAre Japanese people afraid of earthquakes?
January 17th in 1995, at 5:46 am, I was sleeping in bed when it occurred. I was woken up by the shake and saw the light ...
BlogWhy do Japanese people want to be white?
"Why do Japanese want to be white?" My boyfriend asked me at dinner yesterday. He said that there was a session about ra...
BlogWriting a book is lonely work
Last summer, I published one of my ebooks in English. The first draft of this book was a collection of essays that I wro...
BlogAre things Expensive in Japan?
At the end of the 1980s, the growth of the Japanese economy reached its peak. Executive golf courses, luxury brand shops...
BlogDo you know Emoji is originally Japanese? – There is also “Kaomoji” in Japanese writings
Emojis have been used on mobile phones and more recently on computers as well, but did you know that they originated in ...
BlogThe reasons why I don’t really use social media linked to phone numbers
Photo by Rodion Kutsaev onUnsplash No matter whether it’s linked with phone numbers or not, I don’t really like to use a...
BlogI published another book in English: Weird Thoughts about Creativity
I’ve just published my third ebook in English on Amazon. Since I started writing in English in 2019, I tried to write ab...
BlogPeople don’t want to get vaccinated. How does the Japanese government deal with this problem?
Several countries are struggling to encourage people to get vaccinated and Japan is no exception. While the Japanese gov...
BlogTokyo Olympics 2020 with Covid-19
Although I am not a sports fan, I watch some games when they have the Olympics. However, I was against having the Tokyo ...
Blog“Sukiyaki (Japanese title: Ue wo muite arukou - 1962) by Kyu Sakamoto
One of the things that I have missed about Japan after moving outside of Japan in 2003 are Japanese songs. I don’t have ...
BlogLanguage and Identity
Two days ago I received a comment on one of my Japanese blogs (not Medium) from a Japanese lady who has lived for more t...
BlogI got vaccinated in Quebec, Canada, but when will my parent’s vaccination happen in Japan?
My boyfriend and I went to get our Covid-19 vaccination yesterday. At noon of the day before yesterday, the Quebec gover...
BlogThis is how we flew back to Canada during the Covid-19 pandemic : Self-Isolation Day 2
The Quebec government require travellers returning from outside of Canada to self-isolate for 14 days after their arriva...
BlogThings you can do to avoid infection from Covid-19 when you take flights
As I am writing this, more and more countries seem to start thinking about closing their borders. However, some people, ...