Due to the recent world economic depression, salaries have dropped or remained stagnant and it’s become quite difficult to find a lucrative job. To supplement income, many people have…

  Today, I would like to introduce these unique baby shoes, “Kami no Kuni Kara Kami no Kutsu” made of traditional Japanese ‘washi’ paper. The name of the product literally…

Today, I would like to introduce and article about an interesting department store in Saitama Pref. Department stores are very popular not only for its beautifully-displayed shops, wide variety of…

Japanese business men may have a stereotypical image that they never take paid holiday (which may not be completely wrong!!), but such a tendency becomes more and more real recently… …

  In Japan, we observe a big annual holiday called “Golden Week”, and GW 2012 is just around the corner! Four different holidays are concentrated from the end of April…

Today, I’m going to introduce a very unique article, which is a little bit different from what I normally choose.  Guess what?  It is about Japanese gravestones ^m^ There is…

It seems annular solar eclipse can be observed in Japan next month!  So, I found a related article about this topic for today. On the 21st of May, we will…

  I guess many foreign people experience culture shock when visiting Japan. According to an online survey, Japanese people also have the same kind of experience when we visit other…

  April is the season of cherry blossoms. Japanese people really love sakura! In this season, ‘hanami’ (literally means flower viewing) parties beneath sakura trees are held throughout Japan. They…

In Japan, salary of national civil servants has been catching attention of people as a part of civil servant system reform.  So, I would like to introduce an interesting article…

New fiscal year has just started in Japan!  So, the topic I chose for today is about livable town in Tokyo (^u^). As many of you may know, academic year…