‘Everything Japanese’ Archives
Teacher deserves “Old School” punishment
Junior high school teacher arrested for molesting student during Hokkaido getaway (original Mainichi Daily News) SAPPORO -- A junior high school teacher has been arrested for molesting a junior high school girl while on a trip together, police said. Naoya Tashiro, 51, a teacher at a Sendai municipal junior high school, stands accused of [...]
Dumb & Dumber
Some of you will recall my earlier blog post about the DPJ defeating the LDP in the recent election. In that post I said something to the effect of "we will have to wait and see if the DPJ ends up being any better than the LDP." Well if the past few days are any indication that question is still very much up in the air. On the one-hand, [...]
A Vote in the Right Direction
Ozawa positive about granting local voting rights to non-Japanese. see original article here . I'd say that, if true, this would certainly be a move in the right direction. However, the article goes on to state that "bringing to the Diet may not be easy because Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party), one of two junior ruling coalition [...]
Samba Samba in Yoyogi
Yesterday I went with my friend Hiroshi to the annual Brazilian Festival in Tokyo's Yoyogi Koen (Park). I am embarassed to say that this was actually the first time I had been to Yoyogi and also the first international festival that I have been to since I first came to Japan. Well, as the old saying goes, "better late than never". Hiroshi [...]
My Neighbor Totoro Has Swine Influenza
Once again the entire country of Japan has decided to freak-out about the Swine Influenza and all of the Japanese housewives and mothers have frantically busted open their piggybanks and purchased hundreds of thousands of flu masks in a matter of just a few days. One day everyone will be walking around like normal and then the very next day [...]
DPJ wins landslide victory, Crushes LDP, Taro Aso
The Democratic Party of Japan wins the Lower House election by a landslide, ending more than half a century of almost uninterrupted rule by the Liberal Democratic Party. Can't say I'm not happy because I am. Let's face it Taro Aso destroyed the LDP and perhaps Japan in the process. I haven't heard such negative sentiment from Japanese [...]
Ryokan Styles
Just as there are many different ryokan room prices, there are also many different types or styles of ryokans. No two ryokans are the same, and the quality of ryokan varies dramatically. On the low end of the scale is what we call a "standard ryokan" and at the upper end of the scale is our "luxurious ryokan." In general, you get what you pay for. [...]
Japanese Ryokan
I found this useful information about Japanese Ryokan so I thought I would pass it on. What is a Ryokan? A typical ryokan is an Japanese-style inn. Like a Western-style inn, maintaining the special, atmosphere and appearance is more important than providing the latest [...]
