Another small but useful word here, ‘いがい／意外／igai’、loosely meaning ‘unexpected’ or ‘surprising’, which describes situations I seem to find myself in more than I probably should. […] Read More
Category: japan
It’s been a while since I observed any news from this man, which is more a reflection of me being busy as I’m sure not […] Read More
This is a collection of material housed at Pacific University website showing propaganda matter produced mainly in the U.S. during World War 2. There’s a […] Read More
[This is the first of hopefully many ‘word of the day’ posts, in an effort to help me with my appalling Japanese, especially for business […] Read More
I used to have a mantra: never travel outside Tokyo during Golden Week [GW]. There’s a reason for this. Everyone travels to ‘tourist’ spots during […] Read More
One thing Japan is blessed with is an insane amount of national holidays, which is great really. Currently, we’re part way through ‘Golden Week’ [GW], […] Read More
Just an addendum that yesterday morning, the strongest quake to hit Tokyo for a while struck at 7:22am (news here). At 6.1, just off the […] Read More
Anyone who has looked at the Flickr pictures I just mentioned, may have noticed that the ‘camera’ used to take the more recent ones is […] Read More
I saw the below picture last week, and thought perhaps it was part of Tokyo and Japan’s drive to get more tourists to Tokyo, maybe […] Read More
There’s been a huge business story here in Japan for the last month or so to do with a company called Livedoor. It’s an ISP, […] Read More