BY SABRINA OLIVIERI-TOZAWA “I want to go home!” Those were my first thoughts about life in Japan. Just arriving from New York, where life was easy and I was quickly able to acclimatise, I was all the more culture-shocked when landing in Tokyo. Struggling to find a place in this country, I learned a lot [...]
I love the JMEC program. The Japan Market Expansion Competition is a great way for anyone to get experience in creating a real business plan as a solution to a real company’s needs. I’m having great fun mentoring a team on the program this year, and would recommend it to anyone interested in getting some [...]
Kagaya Pub is like any other traditional Japanese establishment, with low-to-the-ground tables and the traditional cross-legged position of seating, but what makes this little gem of a restaurant unique is the insanity of the waiter. I don’t want to give away too much, but expect to have all your assumptions of Japanese people thrown out [...]
Though it can sometimes be hard to find them initially, there are tons of events going on—in Tokyo and around Japan—where foreign women can feel very much at home. While BAB offers several women and girls-only events, plenty of other organisations offer events geared to the entire expat community, which, of course, includes plenty of [...]
I love Fifty Seven’s weekend brunch. You can get a full English breakfast that’s cooked so well that you almost leave feeling that you’ve had a healthy meal. The Bloody Marys are fantastic. And the separate children’s play area means that you can enjoy your meal in peace. www.fiftyseven.co.jp—CP
BY JESSICA KORTEMAN I have travelled on the Yamanote Line, that accesess the heart of Tokyo, countless times. Although I have never travelled its full circle in one go, I know it would take approximately one hour. I wonder how long it would take to walk it? This was the question I pondered as I [...]
BY PATRICIA NYIRI-KOVACS A famous French chef who currently runs his own restaurant in Japan once said; “the key to the secret ingredient in every dish is love.” As I went through the process myself, I can say with certainty that it truly is that simple. Before moving to Japan, cooking was not among my [...]
BY CHRISTINA BELL Volcanoes always sneak up on me. Any volcano, anywhere in the world; one minute we’re driving along, enjoying the scenery, and the next minute we turn a corner and there it is. Sometimes I’ve caught a glimpse of it a few miles back from an angle that made it seem smaller and [...]
BY CAROLINE POVER It’s already March and spring is upon us. We will soon be enjoying hanami and those gorgeous few months before Japan turns too hot and humid to exist, never mind enjoy. Why not take advantage of the lovely, not-too-hot weather by cooking up some of the comfort food Patricia shows us on [...]
If you have uncontrollable frizzy curly hair as I do, coming to Japan will only make it worse. Summer humidity ravaged my hair for the first month living in Tokyo, but with one tip from a Japanese girlfriend with similar hair texture to mine, I was literally saved an hour of hair prep in the [...]
