You know, Japan is one of great countries with natural disasters in the world. We have lots of typhoons, river floods due to heavy rain, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes… (Of course, we must not forget that these volcanoes gave us wonderful hot springs all over Japan.) In particular, earthquakes are totally part of everyday life…
Author: Marurun
I am a local Japanese who like travels, hot springs and trekking in nature with experience as an English-speaking guide for foreign guests and professional marketing/PR background. The center of my curiosity was foreign cultures in my young generation, however, it has gradually changed to my own culture after staying in other countries for a while and visiting various local areas in my country. I am very keen on sharing interesting information from my point of view, mainly in Japan and sometimes in the world!
Where is the Most Wonderful Place in Japan!?
I have taken care of many foreign guests from various countries ever as volunteer guide, and there is one thing that almost all guests admired during staying in Japan. Can you guess what it is?? Toilet in Japan is super tidy among any other countries in the world As you have already known, Japanese people…
Do You Think Japanese People Are Keen on Sun Protection And Whitening??
After finishing the Golden Week, my office work made me busy, so I could not update any new topic for a while. Well…June has come, which means half of the year has almost passed!! Time flies by so quickly! And the climate in Tokyo has completely changed in a few weeks and it seems like…
Family Reunion on Children’s Day
May 5th is a national holiday called “Children’s Day (Kodomo-no-hi)” in Japan. The day was just a holiday for me for a long time since I grown up and even after marriage because we are DINKS, but it has become an opportunity of family gathering since my nephews were born in these 5 years. Of…
Fluffy Moss and Moss World in Deep Green Forest
The “Golden Week” which is continuous national holidays has just started since this weekend in Japan. If you have day-offs both on 1st and 2nd May, 9 days holidays is possible at most. How many holidays you can have depends on every year’s calendar dates and it is a good one for this year. Therefore,…
Let’s Go to Peach Blossom Paradise by Tatami-mats Train!
The cherry blossom season has just finished and beautiful fresh green season will coming soon around Tokyo. I went on hiking with my female friends to see peach blossoms in Yamanashi prefecture, next to Tokyo. As I wrote the blog before, Yamanashi is famous for fruit agriculture such as peach and grapes (Please read the…
Kusatsu Is a Nice Place, So Come There at Once!
Have you ever heard Kusatsu Onsen (Hot Spring ) in Japan? There is one of the most famous Onsen spots which are categorized in No.1 hot spring resort in Japan. The other day, I suddenly decided to go on a 1 night & 2 days trip there because I unexpectedly had a spare time on…
Office Glico, Business Model of Extremely Japanese Style
What do you do when you are a bit hungry while you are working at your office? Are you going to go to the nearest convenience store to get some snacks? or do you have any food vending machines in your office?? In Japan, we have very popular and “epoch-making” food (actually, snacks and sweets)…
Our Enthusiasm to Cherry Blossoms!
Cherry blossom season has come a bit earlier than usual this year. This weekend was the last chance to see full of flowers and to enjoy outdoor parties among family & friends under the trees in Tokyo. Cherry blossom is the center of heart for Japanese As l wrote before in my blog, l haven’t…
Mt. Takao is the Nearest Oasis in Tokyo
Yesterday was a really fine day and warmer than usual, I went to Mt. Takao where locates in western suburb in Tokyo with my hiking buddy, a friend in my university days. We have often visited various mountains together for recent years. Our motto is “loose-climbing” and “don’t push ourselves so hard”. We would like…
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