Traditional Osechi ryori in Japan – おせち料理
Traditional Osechi ryori in Japan – おせち料理 (Updated: 3rd January 2022) Today is the third day of January. Usually first three days are New Year Holiday in Japan. This is post about ” How...
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How many prefectures in Japan do you know and have you visited ? / 47都道府県 in Japan
こんにちは! Hi, how are you doing? Selamat Siang! 你们好！ Have you been to Japan before? If yes, how many prefectures in Japan do you know and how many prefectures have you visited? Prefectures are...
Top 10 popular city in world for tourists
Top 10 popular city in world I found interesting news about tourists all over world. “Which city is popular in world?” I wrote summary in Japanese and English as bellow. Can you understand? If...
What is the most popular sports in Japan?
Which sports do you like and play? Basically, I like playing all kinds of sports, especially tennis, golf and swimming. I played soccer in elementary school and have played tennis since junior high until now....
Introduction about yourself in interview or resume
Introduction about yourself in interview or resume I wrote introduction about yourself in conversation in Japanese language before. Typical phrases – Introduction and “How are you?” with native Japanese voice Today I got request...
Summer Festivals 祭りin Japan
Summer Festivals 祭まつりin Japan Last weekend I went to Jakarta in Indonesia to see 縁日祭えんにちさい Ennichisai. I saw many people and enthusiastic 和太鼓わだいこ Japanese drums show. I heard this year is 10th anniversary and...
Sweets Paradice – お菓子天国(おかしてんごく)
I love eating foods. When I look back photo memory in my mobile phone, there are so many photos on food. Especially, I love sweets, お菓子かし in Japanese. So in this post I wanna...
My recommended reasonable restaurant in Japan
My recommended reasonable restaurant in Japan I posted article about Michelin guide book in Tokyo before. Previous post about Three starred restaurants by Michelin in Tokyo . The restaurant in the book is worth...
5 major seasonings used in Japanese cuisine – さしすせそ
5 major seasonings used in Japanese cuisine – さしすせそ I stay in Japan and have great Japanese food foo. There are many factors why Japanese food is nice. I think one of them is...
Onsen Prefecture (Oita Prefecture in Kyusyu island) – My Home Town
Hi, thank you for many likes on post about Shinkansen (新幹線しんかんせん), bullet train. Here is link for post about Shinkansen. I happened to find funny video about my hometown, Oita, on Youtube. Here…. Only...
Shinkansen (Bullet Train) – 新幹線
I know one of the things that many foreign tourists want to do in Japan is to take the 新幹線しんかんせん(Shinkansen) I often used to take Shinkansen, known as bullet train, when I lived in...
IT engineer and caregiver are promising work in Japan
IT engineer and caregiver are promising work in Japan If you really want to live and work in Japan, I will tell what kind of job is good. They are “IT Engineer (programmer)” and...
Children’s day （こどもの日）
Children’s day Now Japan has long holidays from April 27th to May 6th. This week is called “Golden week”. In this golden week, we have holiday for children. May 5th is national holiday in...
令和-Reiwa- New Imperial Era in Japan
令和れいわ-Reiwa- New Imperial Era in Japan Japanese government announced on April 1st that Japan will change imperial era from 平成へいせい(Heisei) to 令和れいわ(Reiwa). New era will start from one month later, May. In other words....
Preparation for natural disasters
March 11th March 11th is memorable date. Big earth quake hit in Japan on March 11th, 2011. You might watch many tragedy scenes on TV such as tsunami, melt-down nuclear power plant. But not...
Sakura season (Cherry Blossoms)
Sakura Season In Japan, Cherry blossom(桜さくら, Sakura) will be full bloom this month. Earth communication Provider（日本気象株式会社） announced cherry blossom forecast on March 7th. This is latest forecast when cherry blossoms will be fully open...
Working for Japanese companies
Work for Japanese company Hi, this is Leo sensei. I directly teach Japanese language to some “students” on face to face. I often ask them “Why do you want to study Japanese?” Some answers...
To pass interview for entering to Japanese company
To pass interview for entering to Japanese company Hi. I had teaching session on interview for entering Japanese company to my non-Japanese friends in Jakarta. They will have job interviews at job fair. I...
Earthquake and hometown
Earthquake and hometown Hi, how are you doing? I stay in Oita in Kyushu Island in Japan now. Oita is my hometown. I came back to Oita City from Jakarta last Tuesday. As...
(J & E) Cherry Blossom Viewing-花見(Hanami)
(J & E) Cherry Blossom Viewing-花見(Hanami) (Japanese bellow) In Japan, Cherry blossom is about to be full bloom now. My sister said now is fifty-percent bloom(五分咲き,gobuzaki) in Tokyo. Japanese like cherry blossom and hold...
