How to “Spring Clean” Your Japanese House
Feb 21, 2018 By Jason Gatewood
You may have noticed not needing to crank the heater up as much, or seeing a bit more light in the skies past 5pm because the days are slowly getting longer. Soon springtime will be here, along with a sudden urge to clean, organize and sort your entire abode. And...[ Click to read more ]
Communicating at a Japanese Hair Salon: How to Get the Hairstyle You Want
Feb 17, 2018 By
The following is an excerpt from an excellent article on "communicating at a Japanese hair salon: how to get the hairstyle you want" from www.tsunagujapan.com. Rather than trying to recreate with what a I can imagine being a lesser article, we have linked to it here after an excerpt. Check it...[ Click to read more ]
More Apps to Get the Most Out of Tokyo
Jan 31, 2018 By Jason Gatewood
We’re back again to give you a few more good apps to try out on your smartphone or tablet to make life a bit easier here in the Metropolis for you. For more iphone apps, and android apps for living in Japan, click those links. Trash Day Alarm As we’ve...[ Click to read more ]
Japanese Public Libraries: What can a non-Japanese reader do?
Jan 29, 2018 By Jason Gatewood
One thing you’ll come to notice after awhile is the sheer amount of bookstores and reading materials there seem to be in Japan. The literacy rate here has been one of the highest in the world for decades and with that many people able to read, It’s no wonder the...[ Click to read more ]
Best Cafes to Work from in Central Tokyo
Jan 26, 2018 By Jason Gatewood
Here in Japan, the image of the hardworking, tie-and-collar, briefcase toting salaryman is still alive and well; my daily commute aboard some of Tokyo’s most notoriously crowded trains is chocked full of them (including myself I suppose.) But just as in the rest of the developed world, the place where...[ Click to read more ]
How to Get a Phone Number in Japan
By Jason Gatewood
Usually the minute you land in another country, you can head over to the nearest mobile phone kiosk or even convenience store in the airport and score a prepaid SIM to pop in your phone that will give you a phone number to be contacted through while visiting. However, thanks...[ Click to read more ]
Tokugawa Garden and Art Museum in Nagoya
Jan 23, 2018 By Bert Wishart
In the eastern suburbs of Nagoya, not far from the transport hub station of Ozone, lies Tokugawa Park, an oasis of serenity that is often overlooked by tourists and locals alike. That it is so overlooked is a shame, yet it can be very much a blessing, meaning as it...[ Click to read more ]
English Speaking Yoga in Nagoya
Dec 26, 2017 By Bert Wishart
With its combination of strength, stamina and flexibility, there are very few forms of exercise that gets your body into peak physical fitness like yoga. Having originated in India, the discipline has spread throughout the world and it continues to grow in popularity, with one 2016 study showing that 20.4...[ Click to read more ]
How to Bitcoin in Japan
By Jason Gatewood
No doubt you've heard of the digital currency Bitcoin in the past few months thanks in part to its meteoric rise in value over the last part of 2017. While some have likened it to a computerized form of the Tulip Craze of the 1600's, the technology underpinning it, the...[ Click to read more ]
Shopping via Remailing Services to Japan
By Jason Gatewood
No matter how cosmopolitan Japan gets, there will always be that one item that's impossible to find from back home. Amazon fills the gap a little bit, but there are still some items that won't get shipped to Japan. In those cases, I tend to use a remailing service to...[ Click to read more ]
