I have a feeling that this blog will turn into the-adventures-of-cooking-in-a-meagerly-stocked-apartment-on-a-student-budget-with-no-oven.
It is not a secret that I love food. When I was asked what I wanted to do for my 23rd birthday this year I could not think of anything better than eating very many kinds of stinky cheeses, but I imagined no one...
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So, after getting back to Tokyo after a great return home I found myself in a cold apartment with no food and no intention of going outside to procure any. This, of course, meant pizza!
The only only experience I had with Japanese pizza delivery was through Pizza Hut, which unlike the American version did...
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Happy New Year!
To celebrate, how about a list of complaints that you can expect from living in Tokyo?
A little too true: “My wallet is full of pointcards instead of cash.”
The video is of Japan’s complaint choir. These choirs are part of a sort of global project to turn all the energy spent by people...
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Next week is Japan Music Week!
The festival will showcase musical styles from all over the world, including Germany, Sweden, France and London. There are hundreds of events scheduled in venues all over Tokyo, running from the morning until dark for 6 days.
Some of the events have already gathered attention like the performance of EMIKO,...
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I missed hanami (花見) where everyone goes to watch the beautiful sakura blossoms, but momijigari (紅葉狩) is just starting!
Momijigari is like hanami, everywhere there are advertisements for viewing trips, and they even forecast the best time to go see leaves change during the weather report. There are many places online that monitor each of...
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It is only a few days after Halloween, and already the stores at Ikebukuro are putting up Christmas decorations. The pumpkins and costumes that had been selling since September are gone as quickly as they came.
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It’s that time of year…
In fall, many Japanese universities have festivals, or sai (祭) that are like town carnivals. At bigger ones, like at my university Waseda the festivals are like concerts, and have many entertainers and bands come to perform. There are street vendors selling food and little souvenirs, as well as student...
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I should be sleeping. But just as I turned off the lights the wind began to howl outside of my window and I could hear the laundry scraping at the glass , fluttering in the wind and somehow making the noise that crows make somewhere in the back of their large dry throats. every...
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