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Today’s Watercolor: Songkran! สงกรานต์!

Happy Songkran! Songkran is the Thai New Year festival, and is basically celebrated with a giant water fight (Thailand is a little hot this time of year, and by “this time of year” I mean always.) It’s celebrated in

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Starbucks Fresh Banana Chocolate “Happy Yellow Frappuccino” and Social Media Case Study

Happy April! The sun is shining, the days are warming up, and it’s time to start thinking happy summery thoughts as winter’s icy grip melts into lush and lovely sunshine (before the hot sledgehammer of true summer hits.) How better … Continue reading

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Sakura Latte, coming soon…!

Dropped by Starbucks yesterday and saw this sign. As soon as the Valentine’s Pretzel Mocha, which I’ll be blogging about later this week, is done the Sakura Latte (and the Sakura Frappucino) will hit. Are you as excited as I … Continue reading

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Happy Friday! Engrish of the Week :)

This was a little sweet from one of my coworkers, a lovely example of the Omiyage that often appears on my desk. I don’t know about

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Sakura & Smiles

Something beautiful happened on my way home from work the other day. I pass by a little park every day, and I noticed that the Sakura trees had started blooming. Not Ume trees, but proper cherry blossoms! It must be … Continue reading

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Happy Engrish Friday!

Happy Friday! We missed last week (boo!) but are back this week with a treat from one of my most adorable students on Valentine’s Day.  I love when something is spelled correctly, and the grammar is fine, but still, there’s … Continue reading

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Cozy under the Kotatsu

When we returned from winter vacation, many of my coworkers asked me where I went. They seemed to be expecting exotic adventures, or a trip back home over Christmas. I seemed to have surprised everyone with my response. “Alice-sensei, where … Continue reading

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Lucky Bags!

One of the Japanese New Year’s traditions you may have heard of is Lucky Bags, or Fukubukuro (福袋). Basically around the start of the year, stores will take stock they want to get rid of, put it in bags, and … Continue reading

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