On Japan
Environmental Tips from Japanese business
Story by carole goldsmith | Posted 3rd December 2008By Carole Goldsmith Copyright, all rights reserved Traveling through Japan every year researching business...
Article Rating: 7Reflections: May be Much Hospitality, but...
A store was open recently near the station. This is the branch of famous grocery stores, the number of which has kept growing for decades,...
Article Rating: 7Edible Flowers!
Okay, now to edible flowers, so which one…? It was easy for me to choose the...
Article Rating: 747 Ronin
In an unimposing suburb of Tokyo lie the graves of 47 ronin whose story of honour and piety, in a time when such virtues were in jeopardy, has...
Article Rating: 8Where Not to go at Night, and Other Useful Advice
Bet you can’t guess the movie from which this quote was taken:
Osaka (and Tokyo) European Film Festival Selection
Hear the words ‘European film festival’ and chances are you will envision black turtleneck-clad, beret-wearing existentialists,...
Article Rating: 8Call Services
Story by Peter Sidell | Posted 17th November 2008Call Services She's waiting at home for the call. She hasn`t asked for it, or...
Article Rating: 7Visit to Coal Mining: Industrial Heritages in Japan
Tokyo has Tokyo Tower: Osaka has Osaka Castle: Arao, Kumamoto, has a Mining...
Article Rating: 7In The Director's Chair With Patrice Boiteau
Live and work in Japan and you are bound to meet foreigners from different walks of life: Italian painters, Thai restaurant owners, Indian...
Article Rating: 8A New Cultural Experience in Japan
Story by Matthew Timms | Posted 30th October 2008Along with sushi, temples, tea ceremonies, shinkansen trains, and karaoke, a haircut is now a must do attraction in Japan. Let me tell...
Article Rating: 8The Human Pincushion
Sumo wrestlers excluded, Japan is a land of wee people. Sometimes, as all 6 feet 3 inches of me stroll around Kobe, I feel like Gulliver...
Article Rating: 7At Least Japan is Not Racist, Like Great Britain
A few weeks ago, the prefectural contests for the 2008 H.I.H Prince Takamado...
Article Rating: 9Kawagoe Festival
Last weekend saw one of the brightest and most energetic festivals in the Kanto region, as tens of thousands of people descended on the Edo...
Article Rating: 8Message Flowers at Bookshops
At a bookshop in Japan, you could witness a small card near the books, stop to read it and purchase one of them if you like.
Never Let Me Go
Story by bryan hunt | Posted 15th October 2008Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro Kathy, now a 31 year-old carer, reflects on her student days at Hailsham School,...
Article Rating: 6Fancy something spicy?
Korea and Japan have, like most neighbouring countries, had a turbulent history. The current missile threats from the north and the bickering...
Article Rating: 8Finding old Tokyo
It is really hard to believe sometimes that Tokyo is a 500 year old city. Looking out from the towers of Nishi Shinjuku or Roppongi it is difficult...
Article Rating: 8Grizzly Folk
On October 7th, 2008, The Grizzly Folk released their second collection of songs, entitled 5-Weight , for free download via
Some Things Should Never Change In Japan!
Story by Tony Alexander | Posted 7th October 2008Some things should never change like the California pizza or Philly cheese steaks in North...
Article Rating: 6Landmark Tower
Story by Tony Alexander | Posted 7th October 2008Built in 1983, the Landmark Tower stands as the symbol of the 21st Century in Yokohama,...
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