Business card is one of the essentials for business people. If you work for a company, maybe the company wants you to use standardised format or template for your business…

(Image source: Mr. Naka’s blog post of June 5)   One hot day in June, a man holding a strange sign saying “NEET Rental” appeared in Akihabara, the Tokyo district that…

  Otasuke, a unique izakaya restaurant that recently opened in Akasaka, Tokyo in April has been a center of conversation. The shop itself might be quite normal, but the discount…

  The other day I wrote about a very popular TV drama, “Amachan”. This season there was another top-rated TV drama whose viewer ratings hit over 30 percent many times. The…

The pains of being Japanese business men can be long overtime hours and no flexible holiday planning.  But I guess putting on tie and suits in summer must be on…

  The total number of convenience stores in Japan is now about to reach 50,000. It is nowadays not rare to have 5 different convenience chain stores within a walking…

    I found a Volkswagen CM for the 4 door sedan Jetta which has currently been on air in Turkey. It made me smile so I would like to…

Japanese people are globally known as not very strong drinkers, but people still love drinking, and sometimes even non-drinkers enjoy stress-free drinking environment.  It is not so difficult to find…

I generally had an image that self-study room is for students, and a place you use in library or universities.  I think many of you agree with me, but it…

Yearend/new year is one of the busiest season for pubs and restaurants in Japan as all workers have either yearend or new year party or both!  Plus, it is not…

  The Nagasawa Stationery Center, which was established in 1882 in the port town of Kobe and since then has been selling various stationery goods, has developed an elegant, Kobe-like…