Cultureshock Bits

Here are some interesting cultural differences in Japan: 911 in Japan is 119 using a dryer here makes clothes MORE wrinkled gasoline is ~$6 a gallon milk only comes by the pint (Greg, you would go broke!) loaves of bread come in slices of 4 (thickest),5,6,8, and 10 (thin slices for sandwiches) and only white hot dogs are served at...

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Happy Bags

 Powered by Max Banner Ads  Powered by Max Banner Ads After New Years in Japan, stores stuff a bag full of their merchandise and offer them at super cheap prices. Sometimes they show you what they’re offering. Other stores …you just have to try your luck. From department stores to clothing stores, to...

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Moving In; Japanese Neighbors

We have new neighbors next door. They just rang the doorbell, introduced themselves, and presented us with a customary we’re-your-new-neighbors-please-be-nice-to-us gift…a nice boxed set of 2 hand towels. I don’t know about these days, but in America, it used to be the neighbors who would welcome the new arrivals....

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Kawashima Wasabi Store Fushimi Inari

Want to find some good wasabi products to buy as a gift for friends back home or just for yourself? Get really good organic wasabi furikake and other wasabi products from わさびの店 かわしま (Kawashima Wasabi Store) in Fushimi Inari. Kawashima Wasabi Store is just around the corner from Fushimi Inari Keihan Station; about...

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