Everyday life

In Japan, April is the month when children go back to school, after a short holiday. When you think of it, isn’t it is quite natural to start the [...]

Natural hot springs, onsen (温泉) are the ideal place to relax!
Japan is a land of volcanos, and therefore abounds in hot springs, which attract inhabitants of the cities during the [...]

Millions of japanese of all ages carry their o-bentoh (お弁当) along every day. You propably got it, I’m talking about the “honorable lunch”!
But the main difference between the bentoh [...]

It’s funny, in Japan, so many things are speaking:
Cash machines, that guide you step by step: “Please enter your card… Please type in your code…”
Escalators in department stores, that continuously [...]

Combini (コンビニ) is one of the numerous words borrowed to English and arranged “à la japonaise”. Combini means convenience store, a shop that is indeed quite convenient because open [...]