BusinessCultureDiaryEssayJapanese traditionNewsSlangUncorrected Toru Sep 09, 2023Jan 01, 2024 0-ji machi, highway service area, Japanese highways, midnight, Tokyo highways, toll discount, toll gates, traffic jams, transportation trucks, weekdays 0-ji Machi (0時待ち – Waiting for Midnight) 0-ji Machi 0時待ち Yesterday, I did ‘0-ji machi’ (0時待ち – literally “waiting for 0 o’clock”) at a highway service area. Read More
CultureEssayIdiomJapanese traditionProverbScienceUncorrected Toru Sep 07, 2023Jan 01, 2024 awase kagami, ghosts, healthy life cycle, midnight, morishio, sleep, specters, superstitions, ushimitsu doki, witching hour Kusaki mo Nemuru Ushimitsu Doki (草木も眠る丑三つ時 – Witching Hour): Part 2 Kusaki mo Nemuru Ushimitsu Doki: Part 2 草木も眠る丑三つ時 Part 2 In Japan, it is believed that we should avoid going Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyHistoryIdiomJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Sep 06, 2023Jan 01, 2024 Edo period, Japanese, kusaki, midnight, nemuru, plants, silent, sleep, time expression, ushimitsu doki Kusaki mo Nemuru Ushimitsu Doki (草木も眠る丑三つ時 – Witching Hour): Part 1 Kusaki mo Nemuru Ushimitsu Doki: Part 1 草木も眠る丑三つ時 Part 1 The eerily silent midnight is sometimes described as kusaki mo Read More
DiaryJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Aug 11, 2018 0 Comments bon, car, expressway, holiday, midnight, mountain, parents, rest area, return home, Tokyo, traffic jam Traffic Jams at Midnight Traffic Jams at Midnight 深夜の渋滞 Today is the Japanese national holiday called ‘Yama no Hi’ (山の日 – literally “Mountain Day”). Read More