by Venese | Dec 18, 2021 | Blogs, Japan Travel
Japan is famous for its diverse four seasons where you can enjoy all kinds of activities and beautiful sceneries all-year-round. In Spring you can enjoy the stunning cherry blossom, sakura. In Summer you can explore the traditional Japanese festivals. Autumn brings...
by contact@flip-guide.com | Jul 6, 2021 | Blogs, Japanese culture
We hear the word Otaku thrown around but exactly what is an Otaku? And how is Otaku different from Hikkikomori and Otaku? Let’s discover the differences and all the things you should know about an Otaku. What is otaku? Otaku (Japanese: おたく, オタク, or ヲタク) is...
by contact@flip-guide.com | Jun 29, 2021 | Blogs
You may have heard the saying that Japanese people live longer. Indeed, the average Japanese life expectancy is 84.79 years old, the second highest in the world. What is their secret? Apart from genetics, there are many personal and social factors that result in a...
by Venese | Dec 12, 2020 | Blogs
It’s no secret that there are a lot of earthquakes in Japan. The island nation is located where tectonic plates come together, and this results in the shaking we know as earthquakes. Most of the time, they’re small earthquakes, so subtle you may even think you’re just...
by Venese | Dec 10, 2020 | Blogs, Japanese culture
At some point in time, we’ve all said, “We should hang out more!” to someone when we didn’t mean it. We do it to be polite, to avoid having to say the honest but brutal “I don’t really want to hang out with you” that is sure to just make things awkward. There’s an...
by Venese | Dec 8, 2020 | Blogs, Lost in translation
If you’ve been to Japan, you may have noticed that Japanese service staff are almost always smiling when they serve you, whether it’s at the airport information desk, in the hotel lobby, or in a clothing boutique, Japan’s Smile Mask Syndrome. This is partly due...
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