Full name: Karen Carmeli Age: 40 Nationality: Israeli Grew up in: Tel Aviv Time in Japan: three years Japanese level: intermediate Works at: My clinic in Higashi Nakano as a practitioner of the Grinberg Method. Why did you come to Japan? First, I came to Japan 14 years ago. It was two years after finishing [...]
BY KRISTIN ORMISTON Life at the base of Mt. Fuji is suiting me perfectly. My times of trauma and drama are thankfully past-tense, and I am settled in to a wonderful life of teaching in one of the most beautiful places in the world. I am loving Japan and Japan is loving me, by giving [...]
BY KAREN CARMELI Most of us express ourselves consistently: we talk in a certain way and stand, sit, or sleep in a fixed position. These habits are typical for us and the ways in which we stand, sit, or behave in different situations is expected and predictable. In addition, we have feelings and emotions that [...]
Love origami but not sure how to decode the complicated instructions found in books? Having trouble visualising just what a valley fold is as compared to a mountain fold? Thanks to Heather, an American woman who has been living in Japan for 14 years, origami can be entirely possible for all of us! She creates [...]
BY MARY BETH HORIAI Pain was my biggest fear in undergoing the Guinot Hydradermie Lift sessions (described in my first Boudoir article). However, ‘pride’ became my concern when it came to improving my eyes. I, admittedly, have had a few issues in the last decade or so surrounding my eyes. While I have been blessed [...]
Name: Monique Dehaney Nationality: Jamaican Job title: Professional singer Employer: Various agents Time in this job: three years Job description: I’m a musician and can be hired for a variety of events or projects including singing backup for artists, recording, company parties, weddings, etc. General requirements: For my job you have to be healthy [...]
BY KIRSTEN ADACHI It has taken me a while to find a way to make tofu quiche non-watery. At first I tried adding a bit of flour but the results were inconsistent, perfect sometimes and watery others. It wasn’t until I made Japanese style tofu burgers that I discovered how to get rid of my [...]
BY FRANKI WEBB It’s daunting meeting your partner’s parents for the first time in any case, but I had never experienced a truly multicultural relationship before. Nothing could have prepared me for the first time I was introduced to my Japanese boyfriend’s parents. I nervously walked up to my boyfriend’s mother, who was adorned in [...]
March 10, 2012, is publication day for Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction—An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories (Stone Bridge Press). One year after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, this collection of short fiction brings teens worldwide closer to Japan and contributes to long-term relief efforts in Tohoku. Join SCBWI for this Tokyo Tomo [...]
Being A Broad and GPlus Media are happy to announce a new partnership, commencing March 1st, 2012. GPlus Media will be developing a new website for Being A Broad, maintaining the existing services for foreign women in Japan, as well as creating more services for members and sponsors alike. Caroline Pover, who founded Being A [...]
