While Europe is about to turn their clocks backwards to the winter time, Japan is busy celebrating Halloween. Days are short already as you may recall, and unless you are Continue Reading
It is not yet about Halloween, even though the preparations are in full speed all across Japan. Rather, what to do on a day when you do not feel like Continue Reading
With yet another tropical cyclone approaching, I want to tell you about the one that led to my first acquaintance with Nagoya. I was returning from Europe, and my flight Continue Reading
In my last post I briefly mentioned the Soirée Blanche (White Party), and here I would like to tell you a bit more about this rather new summer tradition. Having Continue Reading
It is my second summer season in Japan and I am already forgetting that “empty office” feeling, it simply never happens in Japan. Here people either do not take holiday, Continue Reading
When you think of summer in France, it comes with an image of empty Paris (I refer to locals!) and wide lavender fields in Provence… When you think of summer Continue Reading
“A faint clap of thunder, Clouded skies, Perhaps rain will come. If so, will you stay here with me?”* I am not a big fan of animation, though Japanese have Continue Reading
Typically, we know four seasons. Japan has five, including summer, autumn, winter, spring, and the rainy one. Sadly enough, France seems to have this fifth one this year as well… Continue Reading
We talked a bit about wrong first impressions, and here comes one more. Japan is known as a country of advanced technologies, no one will argue about that. Yet, when Continue Reading
What a disappointment! – says a guy sitting on the same bench in the famous park – it was so well visible when I got out of the train! True Continue Reading