JAPAN | Friday, 11 Mar 2016 | Views [585]
On Wednesday, I was exposed to several small but very odd things about Japanese culture.
First of all, we were practicing new kanji. One of those kanji was the character for rice, which, for whatever reason, is also the character for America. So ... Read more >
Tags: beer, chocolate, coffee, commercialism, culture, wedding
JAPAN | Sunday, 14 Feb 2016 | Views [546]
At noon, my building headed over to Aikawa for an event with the Ariyama-sans. In this case, the only Ariyama-san present was the son, and, after checking to make sure everyone was present, or at least accounted for, and making a few announcements, ... Read more >
Tags: beer, buildings, food, houses, okonomiyaki
