BY HEATHER SHIDA When I look back at our wedding in Japan it always makes me laugh at how completely unprepared and misinformed I was. I was told by my father-in-law that we would have the chance to have a Japanese wedding when we moved to Japan. So I had no problem with scaling back [...]
For the first time in history, every country participating in the Olympic Games, which open July 27 in London, will send female participants to compete, with Saudi Arabia, Brunei, and Qatar all sending female athletes to the Games for the first time. Qatar is sending four female athletes—a swimmer, shooter, table tennis player, and sprinter—to [...]
BY MARY BETH HORIAI It’s easy to criticize, blame, and find fault in anything, but finding solutions, or at least partial ones–that takes some work. There has been a lot of blame and criticism concerning the nuclear industry and the Japanese government (albeit, well deserved). Japan’s safe energy independence is still a long way off. [...]
BY KAREN CARMELI When we have pain in our body, we are not free. The pain takes energy from us and limits our movements. It damages our concentration, stealing our joy and wasting our precious time. I can say that confidently because when I’ve suffered from migraines, I’ve had to cancel and give up so [...]
BY KIRSTEN ADACHI Hiyashi chuuka is my favourite summer food and a great summer lunch to take to work or school. Hiyashi chuuka (冷やし中華 or ひやしちゅうか) is basically cold ramen noodles topped with fresh veggies, meat, and sauce. The noodles are egg based so if you have allergies, be careful. These ingredients are my favourite [...]
BY HEATHER SHIDA After working for months to clean out my husband’s apartment, it was now time to graduate from our respective universities and make the move to Japan. It was a gruelling task but time was going so quickly that we were soon looking at our last day in Oregon. I had made the [...]
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 Image to left: (c) Ojo de Cineasta I believe an insufficient amount of attention has been given, globally, to the delicate condition simmering in Fukushima. It is true that all Japanese power plants are currently shut down and that the nuclear issue is at the centre of energy news in Japan. [...]
Several nights a week I enjoy a hot bowl of miso soup along with a wide variety of Japanese food. And while I love my Japanese food as much as the next gaikokujin I inevitably end up craving, no, desperately craving, food and other products from home. Years ago my Sunday routine consisted of a [...]
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 [...]
