Christmas cake?? As one who grew up in the US, I had many culture shocks coming to Japan, and Christmas was especially a big surprise. In Japan, everyone wants to spend the Christmas Eve with their boyfriend or girlfriend rather than with their family, there is a long line in Read more…
Are there more bad news now? Don’t you think that it seems like there’s more bad news on the TV nowadays? The spread of Corona virus. The economy going down. Natural disasters happening everywhere. Maybe there actually are more bad things happening now compared to 5, 10 years ago. Or Read more…
We don’t need to tithe? It is common for people at church to give one tenth of their income to God(to church). This act of giving a tenth is called tithing. But are we required to give tithe? To give the conclusion already,“No, you don’t need to tithe” This statement Read more…
Commercial gaining attention On November 27, the commercial below was put on YouTube : It looks at first like a commercial of hope showing people overcoming difficulties(racism). The last words, “You can’t stop us” displays the unlimited possibilities of sports. But is that really the message? Is the commercial really Read more…
With the release of the “Infinity Train” movie on October 16, the popularity of the “Kimetsu no Yaiba” is at its peak. Personally my family and myself are also big fans of the comics and anime. Its popularity has spread even overseas, with Youtube videos of people reacting to the Read more…
Maybe you were talking with someone in US, and you got a strange look and an “Excuse me??”. The so called “English” words we use may only be understood by other Japanese people! I would like to share 10 “Japanese Engrish” words I hear quite often : AlbeitThere are many Read more…
“Arigato(or thank you)” is something we say every day. We use this word every day, but we may not really understand what it means. I think this word, “Arigato” is much different from the “thank you” in other languages! Let’s look at the word “Arigato” in other languages: (English) Thank Read more…
I’ve had several culture shocks since coming to Japan, but one of the most shocking ones was about the color of the traffic light. It is clearly green, but in Japan they call it a “blue” light. At first, I thought that maybe Japanese people cannot distinguish between different colors. Read more…
Who am I? “Who am I?”, “I don’t feel like I belong anywhere”. Maybe you’ve felt like this before. Identity crisis is to”Lose yourself”, and we feel mental stress not knowing how we can continue on in our society. This can happen to anyone. Transferring to another school, going on Read more…