Just doing the math is mind-boggling. A family business for over 1,300 years. Yes, there have been some heirs adopted...[ Click to read more ]
Stretching across the coastline of the Seto Inland Sea, Akashi, located in southern Hyogo Prefecture is a small port city...[ Click to read more ]
Culture breaks down political barriers Putting aside various political differences, the Japanese people of late have been besotted by Korean...[ Click to read more ]
You have come all this way, why not learn the local language? Here are a few basic phrases to get...[ Click to read more ]
In his great comedic play Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare calls music the food of love. Now, I'm not in the...[ Click to read more ]
As we have perhaps made abundantly clear in these pages over the years, Japan is very much a nation of...[ Click to read more ]
For many people around the world, the month of March means St. Patrick’s Day and all of the fun celebrations...[ Click to read more ]
Russia has its caviar, Maine has its lobsters, and Kobe has its beef. There are no Kobe beef cows. They...[ Click to read more ]
As spring starts to raise its oh-so welcome head, it's time to abandon the confines of the indoors and embrace...[ Click to read more ]
While relocating to another country often turns out to be a wonderful, life-changing experience, there are always traumatic obstacles and...[ Click to read more ]