Not only is this beverage bar sentient and self-aware (I am delicious!) but thoughtful, too! It wants you to be happy. Please enjoy happy time! Isn’t that nice?
Oh! And though the Japanese Imperial Family canceled their attendance at the Royal Wedding in the wake of recent events, apparently the Tokyo Tower is festooned with hearts in celebration! Does anyone have a better shot? I’d love to see it. Is it real, or too blurry to be true? What do you think of the decoration?
One of my favorite parts of the Tone-gawa bike path near our house
What time is it? Round up time! It’s the end of another lovely week here in Japan, where it’s hovering in between winter and summer, and yet isn’t quite Spring. Hot, cold, windy, rainy, it’ll make your head spin! Much of the country is excited to be kicking off Golden Week, as the first National Holiday hits tomorrow with Showa Day.
Anybody have any exciting plans for Golden Week? Lots of my Continue reading
As I’m sure you know, many non-Japanese companies come out with special flavors and limited editions that never seem to exist in other countries. For example, Häagen-Dazs has a whole line of ice creams called “Dolce” that I’ve never seen in the US, based on Continue reading
Mute your computer. Right now. Turn off all sound before you watch this video. I want you to watch this video with no music at all (it’s short.) Next, turn the sound back on, watch it again, and prepare to have your mind blown. I love the Gatsby CMs, but this one, is um…interesting.
One of the things that I love about Japan is that there is a mascot for everything. Even the dentist has this definitely-not-creepy-at-all-no-sir guy grinning out front. I kind of wonder if the resident tooth doctor has glasses, or resembles this guy in some way. I like to think he does!
This is my entry in this week’s Show Me Japan, hosted by the lovely IchigoIchie<3 Go check it out!
It’s that time again! Today is the day of the week when we look at Japan and wonder what the hell someone was thinking when they got the bright idea to put that sign in English. Sometimes you can sort of see where they were going, but sometimes?
No. Freaking. Clue.
So does anyone have any theories as to what this might actually mean? It was on the wall of a hair salon, if that helps (I doubt it.)
I have no idea why Warner Music, or perhaps Cee Lo Green himself felt a need to translate this anthem into Japanese, but I’m glad they did. It makes me happy. And it totally counts as studying Japanese, right?
Meet Melon Bear. Melon Bear is half melon/half bear, and when he comes to class, my students get so excited that I’ve seen them literally start vibrating in their seats.
Even students who previously had been Continue reading
Oh, snap! I forgot to do the Weekly Roundup! Ok, in case you missed anything…
Last Monday I posted some pictures of some of the tasty lunches I had during the slow days of Spring Vacation, when teachers still go to school (Bummer!) but have the freedom to leave campus for leisurely lunches. There’s lots of tasty food in our area, but still no Mexican.
Next up was one of the weirdest Kit Kat flavors yet…LUCKY. That’s right, Lucky Kit Kats. Yeah. I’m not making this up. What does lucky taste like? Read more to find out!
After that was the Engrish of the Week, with the Chocolate Stick. It supposedly has enough chocolate, though I’m of the opinion that there is never enough chocolate.
Saturday brought my impressions of the Japanese School Entrance Ceremony, as well as a nice thing that happened afterward.
Sunday was my entry into this week’s Show Me Japan, with one of my favorite pictures of cherry blossoms this year.
Finally, last on the list is yesterday’s post from a Japanese sketch comedy show, with some of the craziest stuff to come out of Japanese TV, like, ever. This post apparently got spread around a bit, as it’s now my most popular post ever. Thanks, Cathy!
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