Teaching English in Japan: Using Songs, Snacks, and Word Games in Kindergarten It’s a quiet morning just like any other. The birds are chirping,...
Although Tokyo’s Rainbow Pride has already come and gone, the month of June is internationally recognized as LGBT Pride Month, commemorating the Stonewall riots which...
Nothing says summer more than the coming of one of the most hated insects of all time: the mosquito. But with the mosquito also comes...
Donguri Republic, the official Studio Ghibli merchandise store, have items to suit every type of Ghibli fan and are an elegant way to bring your...
The sound of pheasants chirping and frogs croaking filled the air. The rice paddies reflected the blue sky, and the ridges between them...
Is anything ever truly by chance? On a whim I planned a getaway to Mitakesan, a village perched on the top of Mt. Mitake...
Photos Courtesy of Yuki Hashimoto Before making headlines when she was elected as councillor in the Shibuya Ward Assembly, Yuki Hashimoto 橋本ゆき (originally 橋本侑樹), was affiliated...
Kanako, a maiko from Miyagawacho, Kyoto, does the ceremonial first pitch in Koshien Baseball Stadium on May 22, 2019. The weather in Japan is...
Everything is on the formal side. From smart suits (everyone more or less wears the same black one) to set phrases that are used for...
Imagine around 500 people, all wearing imperial kimonos from the Heian period, parading down the streets of Kyoto. In the first such ceremony of...
Teaching English in Japan: Start Them Young — in Nursery School If there was one word that I could use to describe my experience...
Every year in Japan, as the spring season fades and when the temperature starts to rise, something magical happens. The conditions have to be almost...
