Tag: Golden Week

Hello again from Japan! We're in the middle of the Golden Week holidays, so it's quiet around here. We hope ...

I saw on online discussion board that asked ex-pats living in Japan whether life there has changed for the better ...

Japan has started Golden Week, a semi-accidental grouping of holidays which gives everyone a nice break from their normal school ...

One thing about Japanese women which amuses my wife no end is their pre-conceived notions about what it's like when ...

The other day I took my family out for sushi because it was Kodomo no Hi or "Children's Day," one ...

Tomorrow marks the start of Golden Week, a cluster of Japanese holidays that usually fall near each other. In theory, ...

The Japanese language is a syllable-based system in which you can pronounce the sounds ka, ki, ku, ke and ko, ...

Japan is finishing up its Golden Week holidays, and since several of the J-List staff have been taking a few ...

Japan is entering Golden Week, a semi-accidental clustering of holidays that received its unique name from movie theatre operators trying ...

First of all, we've launched a new email format for our customers that receive our popular J-List emails, which can ...

Have you noticed more Japanese people around you over the past couple of days? If so, it may be due ...

Japan is currently enjoying a second "Golden Week" holiday this year, naturally called "Silver Week," thanks to three holidays -- ...

Perhaps it's because I'm from San Diego, where the only two seasons are "nice" and "slightly less nice," but I ...

It's shaping up to be a Golden Week to remember here in Japan, as hundreds of thousands of Japanese make ...

It's nearly time for Japan's Golden Week, a semi-accidental clustering of holidays that usually fall near each other, which the ...

May 5 is Children's Day, a special time for celebrating boy children that's part of the Golden Week holidays. On ...

I write often about how Japanese consider themselves to be a decade or so "behind" the U.S. and Europe, and ...

In my American kitchen right now I've got no less than seven boxes of cereal sitting on top of the ...

Japan is in the middle of Golden Week, a semi-accidental grouping of holidays which gives everyone a break from normal ...

One thing you don't hear very often when speaking English is someone saying, "Wait, what's the subject of your sentence? ...

Unlike the U.S. or most of Europe, Japan is a very homogenous country, where people tend to consider themselves part ...

Living in a foreign country means more than just learning that country's language. It also means subtly taking the local ...

Living in Japan means adapting to many things, not the least of which is modifying your native language. When I ...

One of the more interesting aspects of Japan is the top-down nature of its society, how it's ostensibly structured in ...