BY ANGELA WOLFGANG After living in Japan for only four months, to my surprise I started to find Japanese men attractive. After a couple of months of staring longingly at hot construction workers on the train, I joined a dating site and set my criteria—a sexy Japanese male who spoke English. Ryosuke and I only [...]
BY KAREN REGN I sometimes wished my teachers were on the other side of the world when I was in high school. To manage my own schedule and work on courses at my own pace, asking teachers questions as needed, would have been a dream come true. The youth of today is lucky to have [...]
I love the Takkyubin shipping service exclusive to this country. I recently came back from an overseas trip and used it to ship all my heavy luggage directly from Narita airport to my home. It saved me a lot of struggling and stumbling on and off trains. That you can choose a particular time of [...]
BY JANE DWYER-YAMADA In the March issue of BAB, Jane introduced readers to the Japanese daycare system, looking at public, private, and international options. This month, she explores the world of preschool. The difference between applying for, entering, and graduating from international preschools or kindergartens and Japanese youchien or kindergartens is so vastly different that [...]
Full name: Tracey Taylor Age: 38 Nationality: Australian Grew up in: Sydney and Brisbane Time in Japan: more than 13 years Japanese level: hopeless to inventive Works at: 37 Frames Photography Full name: Dee Green Age: 38 Nationality: Australian Grew up in: Tasmania Time in Japan: more than 13 years Japanese level: useless to creative [...]
BY KAREN REGN This is the kind of day where it’s hard to face your students, your commute, your boss. Your head pounds and a forced smile has settled unconvincingly on your face. At the end of the day, you immediately return home to your pajamas, ignoring the “hair of the dog” invitations coming in [...]
BY EFROT WEISS “I exited from the subway at an unfamiliar station. A petite, diminutive stranger was waiting for me. Her English was quite limited. Wordlessly, she led me down a dark, narrow alley. The light was fading fast. Shadows appeared alongside me. I heard the sound of footsteps echoing behind me.” Is this the [...]
BY GABBI BRADSHAW From across the table, my friend grabbed my hands, held them in hers, and said, “I think you have a hole in your heart.” Made sense. I had many of the symptoms. An unexplainable stroke in my 20s, aura migraines, head injury as a child, low heart rate, wacky heart stuff in [...]
Name: Simona Gardus Nationality: Romanian Qualifications: MA in British Cultural Studies Job title: Corporate Manager Time in this job: one year Job description: I source new business, visiting HR departments in both foreign and international companies in Tokyo to introduce our company and the services we can provide. Additionally, I service and maintain existing corporate [...]
BY DEE GREEN In the April issue of BAB, Dee shared with us her team’s strategy for preparing for Trailwalker. In this issue, we find out if all went according to plan. Noted Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev once wrote, “We sit in the mud…and reach for the stars.” Check. Then it was Lance Loud who [...]
