Category: Japan Living

Oh boy, there is still hope! Norika Fujiwara is single again: Norika Fujiwara and Tomonori Jinnai, who married only two years ago, have announced they will be getting divorced. According to the Asahi, Fujiwara is currently working in Kenya and will return to Japan next week. The divorce is expected

A few years back, while writing about the Japan World Series, I posted about the “Curse of the Colonel”-the one Col Sanders put on the Hanshin Tigers. In 1985, the Tigers took the CL pennant and won the Japan Series. After they clinched the flag, a statue of Colonel Sanders

For the Blue Train from Tokyo to Hakata: I blogged about the Blue Train a couple of years ago ( Sadly the pictures have vanished in a Word Press update along the way……). Significantly slower than the more famous Shinkansen, or bullet train, these trains nonetheless have a certain ambiance

Don’t start drinking till after the press conference: The man in the video is Shoichi Nakagawa, Japan’s former finance minister.  He resigned today over this event. Then again, if I knew this, I might start drinking early too.

At the Obama onsen in Nagasaki: What? There wasn’t one Nigerian they could have hired in Fukuoka? I kind of doubt it. If Black Face offends you, send them an e-mail.

Having been a devoted fan of the original cartoon series as a boy-and having adopted him as my moniker for all things Skippy-san, I agree with F*cked Gaijin: “I  am quite skeptical that this will be any good”. Then again, I am the boy who was built for adventure! 😉

Having been a devoted fan of the original cartoon series as a boy-and having adopted him as my moniker for all things Skippy-san, I agree with F*cked Gaijin: “I  am quite skeptical that this will be any good”. Then again, I am the boy who was built for adventure! 😉

The city of Tokyo that is: xmasby bbqkarubi Mitsukoshi department store has put up its annual Christmas tree. I’ve been to that store several times and its impressive. Should be part of any one’s Christmas trek-as well as Ebisu Gardens and Takshimaya Times square and Sakuragicho in Yokohama.

There is room at the top in the Japan Air Self Defense Force: General Toshio Tamogami, the head off Japan’s Air Self- Defense Force, has been sacked after writing an essay that downplayed Japan’s occupations of China/Korea and stated that Japan was not an “aggressor” in the war: In the