Everyday life

Japan is a country where consumer society rules. However, I was surprized to see that the importance of (or rather the necessity for) recycling garbage is not completely ignored.

Actually, [...]

Japanese houses are traditionally built from wood, to resist earthquakes.

During an earthquake, while a brick house is likely to be damaged or destroyed, a wooden house will move but not [...]

The earth quakes very often in Japan, this is well-known. In fact, earthquakes (jishin, 地震) even happen everyday, but most are unnoticed because they are very weak.
When I experienced [...]

“Tell me your address and I’ll tell you… nothing at all!” In Japan, an address is not enough to go somewhere, and you’ll probably never reach your destination if [...]

Probably the most famous money game in Japan, the pachinko (パチンコ) is an amusement machine that looks a bit like a flipper, but standing vertically. Using turnbuttons, the player [...]