Blog Do 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 ... Mar 28, 2022 Blog
Blog Does 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 frie... Mar 27, 2022 Blog
Blog Are 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... Mar 5, 2022 Blog
Blog Are things Expensive in Japan? At the end of the 1980s, the growth of the Japanese economy reached its peak. Executive golf courses, luxury brand ... Feb 10, 2022 Blog
Prose A road to the snake tree: a poem Do you know the snake tree? It used to be the bottom of the river, which is dried out in every dry season. It will be... May 26, 2020 Prose
Blog This 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... Mar 19, 2020 Blog
Blog Things 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, ... Mar 17, 2020 Blog
Blog Coronavirus – Should I cancel my flight to Japan this month? My flight is scheduled for the 26th of February 2020, and I am planning to stay in Japan with my family for three weeks.... Feb 15, 2020 Blog
Blog Travelling in Japan is not expensive. I am a Japanese person who lives in Canada. I often go back to Japan to visit my family and friends. Surprisingly, there... Nov 16, 2019 Nov 19, 2019 Blog
Blog What is the most powerful social media in Japan? I started writing on Medium in March 2019. I also registered on Patreon a couple of months later. So far, I have been co... Nov 15, 2019 Jan 29, 2022 Blog
Blog Sleeping in trains I read an article about Japan which said that Japanese people don’t have enough sleep compared with other countries. Nov 13, 2019 Blog
Blog There are no Ugly Waiters in Hong Kong The Chinese word “小姐(xiao jie)” is one of the most frequently used words in everyday conversation and you must learn it ... Nov 1, 2019 Nov 19, 2019 Blog
Poetry Jet Lag: A nonsense poem my time has been messed up second hand and minute hand all go anti-clockwise I tried to wind my clock but my... Oct 31, 2019 Nov 11, 2019 Poetry
Poetry Vietnamese Coffee: Travel Poem From a silver hexagon - tap Chocolate coloured liquid - tap tap At the corner in an old town A wooden ta... Oct 30, 2019 Nov 11, 2019 Poetry
Blog From the window of the bus #973, Tsim Sha Tsui East – Stanley: a short trip to Hong Kong Stanley is one of the most popular spots for tourists in Hong Kong. It's located in the southern part of Hong Kong Islan... Oct 16, 2019 Nov 11, 2019 Blog
Blog The situation in Hong Kong not so bad, maybe during weekdays: our short trip to Hong Kong We arrived in Hong Kong yesterday. The biggest concern was around the ongoing Hong Kong protests which have been going o... Oct 15, 2019 Nov 11, 2019 Blog
Blog Hong Kong Trip with my Mother from Japan I am planning to go to Hong Kong with my mother. Yesterday I asked her how much money she was going to take. She said th... Oct 13, 2019 Nov 11, 2019 Blog
Blog Travel from Japan to Hong Kong after the Super Typhoon I am going to Hong Kong tomorrow. The situation there is a bit tricky at this moment, but I need to go to update my Hong... Oct 13, 2019 Nov 11, 2019 Blog