BusinessCultureDiaryFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Oct 21, 2023Jan 02, 2024 bus, business trip, conference, horse meat, Nagano, presentation, sightseeing, taxi, travel, Zenkoji Temple Business Trip to Nagano Business Trip to Nagano 長野出張 Today, I went to Nagano City in Nagano Prefecture to present at a conference. 私は今日、長野県長野市に行き、学会発表をしてきました。 Read More
CorrectedEssayKanjiSlang Toru Jul 11, 2021Aug 01, 2021 0 Comments careful, famous person, go out, hide, high-ranking person, incognito, ninja, secretly, travel Oshinobi (お忍び – Incognito) Oshinobi お忍び When a high-ranking or famous person goes out secretly, being careful not to be seen, it can be Read More
CultureDiaryJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru May 02, 2019 0 Comments amusement park, barbecue, cruiser, dinner, Enakyō, family trip, hot spring, hotel, inn, kimono, mountain, nature, river, sheep, sheep shearing, table tennis, travel, yukata Family Trip 2019 Family Trip 2019 家族旅行2019 We are now in Enakyō (恵那峡 – “Ena Gorge”) on a family trip. 私は今、家族旅行で恵那峡に来ています。 First, we Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyJapanese traditionOnomatopoeiaSlangUncorrected Toru Jun 22, 2017Jan 03, 2024 annoying, conversation, expression, impression, Japan, negative, onomatopoeia, slang, travel, uzai Uzai (うざい – Annoying) In order to travel to Japan or enjoy Japanese contents, I think that you need to learn not only textbook Read More
CultureDiaryProverbUncorrected Toru Oct 20, 2016Jan 06, 2024 abroad, birthday, delighted, disappointing, gift, mother, pleased, shipping, ticket, travel My Mother’s Birthday The day before yesterday was my mother’s birthday. 母の誕生日 Since I remembered that my mother said that she wanted to Read More
CultureDiaryEssayJapanese traditionNewsUncorrected Toru Aug 16, 2016Jan 06, 2024 arrival time, Bon holidays, early departure, Japanese highways, sag sections, sleep schedule, slope change, Tokyo, traffic jams, travel Traffic Jams due to a Return Home For many Japanese people, Bon holidays will end today. 帰省からの帰還による渋滞 Therefore, people who returned home will come back to areas Read More
CultureDiaryEtymologyJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Jan 25, 2015Jan 06, 2024 Ameotoko, consecutive times, denigrate, joke, lottery winning probability, man, meteorite, one-third probability, precipitation days, probability, rain, raining, rare case, respected, thunderbolt probability, travel, trip Rain Bringer Rain Bringer In Japan, there is a word Ameotoko, which means a man whose presence bring on rain in events Read More