Category: Culture
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(the picture is suqqu summer, please let me know if your interested) Hi Everyone, I regularly talk to Dior. Two weeks ago, my contact said that fewer people were shopping these.days. Few days ago, she told me that the shop was very crowded. Consumers came back. As far as I am concerned, I still go…
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Hi Everyone, I was informed that JP Post cannot send a parcel to China from Japan, due to the decrease of fights between Japan and China. Now I cannot send products to China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau. It seems that we can still send EMS to most countries. The other days, I found that…
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Hi Everyone, Now in Japan, due to the coronavirus, big events are postponed or called off. Some companies let their employees work at home. Sports events are also postponed or played with no audience. I went to Isetan yesterday, and there are much fewer Chinese tourists than usual, but still a lot of people. I…
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Hi Everyone, I went to a barber yesterday. My purpose to go there is only to have my hair cut short. So I usually go to a 1200 yen hair cut that takes only 10 minutes. A person who cut my hair spent more than 10 minutes and did a good job. She dyed her…
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Hi Everyone, Do you know the second highest mountain after Mt.Fuji in Japan? (The picture above is Mt. Fuji) Actually, Mt. Fuji is so famous that many Japanese don’t know it. I didn’t know, either. So, I checked Wiki and found out it is Mt. Kita. It is not as beautiful as Mt. Fuji, but…
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Hi Everyone, Thank you for your feedback on this newsletter) I will continue to write more about Japan as well as makeups) I found a new subway station today – for Ginza Line. Ginza Line station in Shibuya was very hard to find but this solved the situation well. By Ginza Line, Shibuya is only two…
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Hi Everyone, I talked about ‘Morning’ service the other day. It is a free food service when ordering a drink in the morning. You can pay only for a drink and food comes free. I was told it was invented in the city of Ichinomiya near Nagoya. Their free food is too good there (please see…
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Today is January 5. It is the end of a long vacation for most Japanese. And tomorrow is Monday…. And people feel gloomy… I think many do. It is called Sazae-san Syndrome. Sazae-san サザエさん is a long-lived TV anime program that starts at 6:30 on Sunday night. You see how people feel at that time…
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Hi Everyone, Have you eaten and drunken at Izakaya? It is a very Japanese drinking place, with good food and a reasonable price of a drink. A place to go while you are travelling in Japan. Now they have competitors. Convenience stores. We call them ‘Conveni.’ コンビニ. They are Lawson, Family Mart, Seven Eleven etc.…
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Hi Everyone, Have you heard of ‘Morning’ when you travel to Japan? It is a free service of toast at cafe in the morning. If you order a drink e.g. a cup of coffee, you can get light food with it. Many coffee shops had this service before. But these days, with more coffee chains,…
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Hi Everyone, It is almost 2020. Most companies entered into New Year holidays. Dec 28 to Jan 5. It will be more than one week. It is said to be the record number of people flying from Japan to overseas. You will see many Japanese in your country) As people can take a long vacation,…
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Hi Everyone, I have been writing this blog (newsletter ) every day for a week. I am getting used to writing it) Someone told me it is easier to continue daily than e.g. 3 times a week. I feel that it is true. It becomes a habit and I don’t have to decide if I…
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Merry Christmas! Today is Christmas Eve, and shops and restaurants are the most crowded of all year. I walked around a department store on Sunday. I saw many men there. Usually, 90% of visitors to the makeup floor are women, but at this time of the year, men come with women. I enjoyed observing them…
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Hi Everyone, Do you know Japan is an old country ?? I meant that Japan is an aging country. The median age of Japan, which divides the population equally, is 46. This is the highest in the world! The median age of the Philippines, another Asian country, is 23. You can tell how old…
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Hi Everyone, Japan is a small country but you may be surprised to see that each region has developed its own culture. Most regions have a dialect. Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Tohoku… I have a hard time understanding the Tohoku dialect. Osaka, the second-largest city, has developed its own culture and the rivalry against Tokyo. The…
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Hi Everyone, Yesterday I wrote about Japanese lifetime employment. Today, I want to talk about another aspect of the basic Japanese values. Japanese workers are known for their diligence. It is true that we work hard. But, I am not sure if they are effective. Japanese work ethics is generally high and people think of…
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Yesterday, I wrote that the Japanese try to live economically and are not very interested in earning money. It is assumed to work hard and not to talk about money very much. Some people say it is because we are not educated about money at school. Japanese also have a very unique idea of a job. I…
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Hi Everyone, I read an interesting article about why the Japanese don’t talk about money in public. Japanese don’t tend to talk about money. That is true. Money is not a subject that good people want to talk about. It is ethically believed. In Japan, the school doesn’t teach kids what money is. It is a beauty…
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(the featured picture is Kihtisu animal year brush) Hi Everyone, It is December. And it will be an entrance exam season soon. In this blog, I want to talk about the Japanese school system. It is 6 (elementary school) 3 (junior high) 3 (high) 4 (university) It is compulsory to graduate from Junior High school.…
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What do you think favorite dishes are among Japanese? Maybe these TV survey results are not very different from what you think. If you travel to Japan, I want you to enjoy Japanese dishes of many kinds. Food here is not so expensive as you might be imagining. You will not regret travelling to Japan…
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