Category: Japan now
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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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Fude Japan started when I received a request to buy Japan limited makeup to my personal Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/toshiya.fukuma/ It was Dior Japan limited. Without knowing the cosmetic market very much, I went to Omotesando, which is the town of high-end brands. Dior Omotesando was very good with clients, and I remember that I had a…
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Hi Everyone, I was writing about Fude Japan marketing and history, but I was not able to finish it… So in this blog, I want to show you what I bought this week and the products coming in January. From top, It is a foundation brush of Bisyodo. I ordered the first engraved brush. It…
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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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Hi Everyone, As you may know, I am located in Shibuya, so three or four department stores are within a walking distance. It sounds easy, right? But, it takes some energy to go to the makeup sections of the department stores. I can feel that male customers are not welcomed, as we don’t look like…
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Hi Everyone, I received a call from Hakuhodo. I had an order of 4 x G5558, and one of them was not made as it should have been. There is the Hakuhodo Standard which they need to follow, and they have the quality-check division. But the right one was sharper than the others, and the…
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Hi Everyone, I recognize that some of you have been to Japan. Some are repeaters, and you know Japanese food very well. I am often surprised that you know places I have never been to) Living in Tokyo, Japan, I can tell you that the restaurant prices are in general not too expensive. Most of…
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Hi Everyone, I read an interesting blog by a foreigner living in Japan. ‘Entrepreneurs in Japan complain it is difficult to find a girlfriend. One reason is parents want their daughters to marry a man who works for a big respected Japanese company. If a boyfriend works for a small unknown startup, parental approval is…
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Hi Everyone, As you might know, Tokyo will have the Olympic in 2020. The last Tokyo Olympic was held in 1964, and maybe, for me, it will be the first time to watch it in my life. I might be lucky to watch some of them, but I expect that people from overseas watch more and enjoy…
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Hi Everyone, I woke up early today at 5 am. This time, I did not go back to sleep, LOL. Instead, I went to a gym, where many people were doing excercies before work. I was surprised! Anyway, it is not what I want to talk about. When I came back, I saw many high school…
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Hi Everyone, It is still raining and cold outside so today I bought a bento box for lunch. It is the food section of the new building ‘Scramble Square’ I went to. Here are some pictures. Have you ever head of bento box ? It is a lunch box, and in Japan, it is common…
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Hi Everyone, I follow several youtube where I can learn good things about life. One of them is made by DaiGo, who talks about research findings done by universities all over the world. It is only in Japanese, so I am not intending to introduce this youtube here, but I want to introduce an interesting…
Fude Japan (Makeup brushes from Japan) 