by Venese | Jul 6, 2020 | Japan Travel
Japan is serious about shopping culture. Department stores offer a different shopping experience for those that are looking for the best stores all gathered in one space. Called ‘depāto (デパート)’, they are massive malls and should be on your list of places to visit when...
by Venese | Jul 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical romance and drama film that opens a window into the mysterious and often misunderstood world of geisha. Based on the novel by Arthur Golden, who conducted extensive interviews with a former geisha to achieve historical accuracy, the...
by Venese | Jul 4, 2020 | Japanese Culture & Language
The Tale of Genji (Genji no monogatari, 源氏の物語) is the world’s first full-length novel, written between 1000 and 1012 by Shikibu Murasaki, also known as Lady Murasaki. It’s a behemoth of a book, with 54 chapters and around 1,300 pages in the English translations. In...
by Venese | Jul 4, 2020 | Moving to Japan
If you have no idea who the “NHK guy” is and why you’d want to get rid of them, consider yourself lucky! For those of you who live in Japan, you’ve probably encountered the NHK guy knocking on your door at least once, asking for their NHK reception fee. In this blog...
by Venese | Jul 1, 2020 | Japanese Culture & Language
White faces, kimonos, ornate hair accessories—the geisha has become one of the most iconic representations of Japan, Japanese culture, and tradition. As not many people may know more about geisha beyond what they’ve seen in Hollywood’s “Memoirs of a...
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