• Googling in Japanese + Face sheets

    ΟΚ, so I was trying to find out something about the best invention !ever! – the “ice” face sheets, and typed only half of the query, namely “ice face”. AND THIS HAPPENED! Scaaaary! Cringe! Take it out of my sight! Here is the same phrase in English for comparison. Something went terribly wrong in Japan.…

  • A day in Tokyo Big Sight (w. Gallery)

    Summer offers many chances for visiting exhibitions. Today I visited the ‘International modern hospital show 2018’, which as expected was international in terms of companies but not so international in terms of visitors and languages spoken. It was my first time to visit Tokyo Big Sight and I was taken aback by the infinite area…

  • Let’s talk about trains being late~

    [Irrelevant featured Image: Summer picnic in Yoyogi park] Japanese railway companies are known worldwide for their punctuality. However, this doesn’t prevent mishaps from happening once in a while. Considering that Japan is also notorious for overworking and in-office pressure, individuals driven to suicide are unfortunately a common cause for disruption of train services. Especially after…

  • What my sensei taught me today vol.306

    In Japanese slang Animal Video (AV) stands for adult video a.k.a. Porn

  • A day in the bank and the meaning of omotenashi

    If you don’t know, Japanese language contains the unique term お持て成し (omotenashi), which means ‘hospitality; reception; treatment; service; entertainment​’ according to jisho.org. However, the word’s accurate meaning is combined with the traditional Japanese view towards hospitality, and how it is expressed when treating visitors. The basic point lies in the fact that the host tries to…

  • The things I do for clear files with anime

    Today was an extremely hard day, following an almost sleepless night, which in turn followed another ‘work hard, play hard’ day, which at least followed a good sleep night. Even writing about it is exhausting, so I will move straight to the point.I went inside Lawson and rampaged on pocky choco sticks because they had…