Tatémaé (建前), also known as jotoshiki (上棟式) or munéagé (棟上), and not to be confused with the more...
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Because of the background noise, which necessitates turning the volume up in one’s headphones to potentially damaging...
Many of us have had reason to complain about our job at some point or another, but...
Before embarking on my cycling-tour-stroke-endurance-test to Sado Island last summer, I decided to build up my stamina...
Okah-san grew up by the seaside, so from an early age she would go foraging for shellfish...
The kocho-sensei at my junior high school was originally a science teacher, and under his guidance, the...
On some mornings the surrounding hills were shrouded in mist, on others the sunlight sparkled on the...
Even after leaving Nikko I was still going downhill, and the road to Utsunomiya was an unexpected...
The obon festival happens in mid-August, when most people take two or three days off work to...
It may seem a little strange given the fact that it was snowing the other day, but...
