Reserve your space at the SCBWI Tokyo Agent Day with Mary Kole Oct. 29-30. During this two day event, Kole will discuss the business of writing and publishing books for children and young adults. To register, please see the event announcement at www.scbwi.jp and follow the link to the online form. Advance payment reservation deadline [...]
Bella’s Cupcakes is looking for an entrepreneurial person who has the energy and enthusiasm to run, help grow, and develop the business. In our business we throughly enjoy making the most delicious cupcakes in Tokyo, being creative, and building happy relationships with our customers and community. There is now a position open for an energetic [...]
PHOTOGRAPHY: KERRY RAFTIS, KEYSHOTS.COM; MAKEUP: ELENA OKADA Full name: Lauren Shannon Age: Forty four on August 25 Nationality: American Grew up in: All around… Time in Japan: Thirteen years. Japanese level: Intermediate for speaking, horrible at reading and writing. Works at: I own my own company, Kimono Wine Bar and Grill. I love what I [...]
Newsweek and The Daily Beast recently released a list of their best and worst places to live as a woman. In order to do so, they analysed dozens of points in five main categories across 165 countries. Categories included justice, health, education, economics, and politics, and examined factors such as gender pay gap, HIV infection [...]
Someone should invent a device that digitally captures, in rapid succession, everything I see during a day. Thousands of images, most of them forgettable, would be captured and saved. At the end of the day, I could go through them and decide what could go and what could stay. A reasonable estimate is that one [...]
BY RACHEL MARIKO Published on August 13, 2011 More Summery Adventures This slideshow [view the post to see all of her photos] is from the Nebuta Festival that I went to with my father. It is held in Aomori, the closest city to Hokkaido from the main island, Honshu. These are Japanese floats, but they are [...]
(At left: Ojiichan 85, Obaachan 81, Aunt Setsu 89) BY MARY BETH HORIAI Who will take care of Mom and Dad; Auntie and Uncle? Nobody wants to talk about this, yet sooner or later nearly all of us are confronted with these difficult decisions. Most people want to put it off, hoping it won’t have [...]
Tickets are now available for the Tyler Foundation White Hot Extravaganza 2011 on September 30! Think club! Think contemporary! Think cool but hot! Wear what you like as long as it is white! All funds raised will support core Tyler Foundation programs that improve the quality of life for children with cancer throughout Japan. The [...]
NEW DOWN UNDER GLASS WINE LIST For the months of September & October, we will be offering 10 great ” Down Under” wines by the glass. We have gone out of our way to put together a glass wine list that offers a real punch with true value for money. We also wanted to spotlight [...]
BY DANIELLE TATE-STRATTON Two new studies by US-based researchers have shown that men and women who exhibit sexist attitudes regarding the role of the opposite gender are well-suited to each other. A poll of 383 college students as well as one surveying 850 members of the public (completed on the internet) was conducted by researchers, [...]
