Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The Japanese language is so complicated, multi-layered and interesting, even for a novice speaker like me. Here’s a kanji character that I like a lot: 聴く きく kiku to hear; to listen; to ask Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Culture & History
The day I met the Emperor
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I once met the Emperor of Japan! Well, kind of… At least he and his wife rode past me in a car and waved. I was sightseeing with friends in Tokyo and we wandered through the Imperial Palace gardens. A lot of people seem to think the […]
Not forgetting Aizu – the real Japan
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Shrine in the hills of Aizu
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The lady was working in a stall on Iimoriyama hill. It`s a popular sightseeing spot. On an autumn afternoon almost 150 years ago, 19 teenage boys committed harakiri there, an event now celebrated in Aizu folklore. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Return to unique Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Annie and Andy Pezalla (Minnesota, USA) recently returned from their trip to Japan (May 12-19). The couple actually lived in Japan for a while, but were returning to the culture and country that they had come miss back home in the US. This time, they were to […]
Real Geisha, Real Women… a documentary
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! From the moment I first set foot in Japan on my holiday, everything about this country fascinated and enchanted me. It was like no place I had ever been before and like nowhere I have been since. 10 years later, I am living in Tokyo and have […]
Slow Life Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I travel as much to learn about a new culture and experience a new landscape, as to reflect on my own life back home. On every trip I inevitably return with a scribbled ‘to do’ list of ways I can live better: improve my Italian, practice yoga […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I travel as much to learn about a new culture and experience a new landscape, as to reflect on my own life back home. On every trip I inevitably return with a scribbled ‘to do’ list of ways I can live better: improve my Italian, practice yoga […]