Dec 5, 2016 | Everyday Living Advice
Your doctor doesn’t speak English? Don’t worry! Let’s try to remember these phrases when you need to visit a Japanese doctor who doesn’t speak English at all. No. Instruction in english In Kanji In Romaji 1. Take off your top please...
Dec 5, 2016 | Everyday Living Advice
When coming to a hospital or clinic for the first time, you go to receptionist and tell them, Hajimete desu ga はじめてですが (I am a new patient) The receptionist will understand your words and she/he will give you a form to be filled. If you find it difficult to read and...
Dec 5, 2016 | Japanese Culture & Entertainment
After taking 6 years hiatus, Hikaru Utada (or sometimes referred to as Hikki) is taking the Japanese music industry by storm. Her 6th album, Fantôme, which was released on September 28 this year, has already sold more than 500k copies, and stayed at no. 1 on Oricon ...
Dec 5, 2016 | Japanese Culture & Entertainment
The year of 2016 is like a comeback year for Japanese actor Masanobu Ando. The 41 years old actor made a “sudden comeback” and starred in 5 different movies this year: Gonin Saga, Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation, Sadako vs Kayako, Kashin and Yamikin Ushijima...
Dec 5, 2016 | Japanese Culture & Entertainment
December is no doubt the busiest month of the year for many Japanese. It’s Christmas, oosouji (big cleaning or decluttering) season and of course there are some bonenkai schedules to attend. Bonenkai (literally means “forget-the-year party”) is a Japanese drinking...
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