Are you new to Japan but want to connect with an amazing group of women? Been here for awhile and interested in sharing what you’ve learned with other women? Being A Broad is looking for contributors to our online magazine who have something they want to write about that–in some way–relates to being a foreign [...]
BY HEATHER SHIDA (image to left: Flickr.com / conveyor belt sushi) I really knew nothing about hinamatsuri before I moved to Japan. I know that many people in other parts of the world celebrate. Some places combine the doll festival with the blooming of the cherry trees to create a sort of special Japanese culture [...]
BY ELISE M This week’s Tarotscopes for the week of February 1 to 8. What’s a Tarotscope? In a Tarotscope, each Horoscope sign is randomly aligned with a position in the Astrological Tarot spread. Find out how it’s done by scrolling to the bottom of the page. Aries, Position 12 – 3 of Swords Aries, [...]
BY HEATHER SHIDA (image to left: flickr.com / imelda) My youngest daughter turns four this month. It is so strange to think that she is already that old and that somehow those years went away. I don’t really remember it all happening. I heard from friends and family that having a second child is so [...]
BY MANDY KITCHENER (image to left (C) flickr.com / puuikibeach “She says you’ve put on a lot of weight recently,” my friend translated for me. My other friend had a kind of weird expression on her face. She looked mostly amused and a little embarrassed. The friend that translated it just looked embarrassed. I paused. [...]
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 [...]
(image to left: No. 197 YOSHIDA Hideshi [Catalogue Cover Print]) Name: Crystal Brunelli Nationality: USA Qualifications: willingness to learn on the job Job title: Print Show Publicity (volunteer role) “Employer”: CWAJ (College Women’s Association of Japan) Salary: ¥0 (plus I pay membership dues) Time in this job: about 12 years as a CWAJ member, less than a year [...]
BY RIANNA HOLLAND (image to left: ykanazawa1999) Japan is renowned for being a country where ‘rules are rules.’ As a new foreign resident in Tokyo, one hears all sorts of horror stories about the (mostly unwritten) rules to which we must abide when using the public transport system: don’t eat on the commuter train. Don’t [...]
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 Hot, humid, and melting describes August in Tokyo. Sometimes the heat can drain your energy, unless you choose some healing, spirited options for your evening entertainment. And I know just the place. This Sunday, August 12th, treat yourself to the rugged, high-powered sounds of Spirit Dance at What the Dickens in [...]
