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...
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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...
Moving from Indonesia to Singapore
Moving from Indonesia to Singapore Hi. Season for Sakura is approaching! March and April is farewell and new life season in Japan since our school and company usually start new period in April and...
Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day! How do you spend Valentine’s day? Valentine’s Day is a special day for some women in Japan. You might have same day today in your country. I wanna introduce Japanese...
Announcement in Train
Announcement in Train I am back to Jakarta from Japan. I went back to Japan to see my new-born son. sponsored link My and My wife’s hometowns are Oita and Nagasaki in...
Graceful Monkey
Graceful Monkey Do you know Charlotte? New princess in UK?? Nooo. It’s her. Female monkey. She was born last May in Takasakiyama Monkey Park in Oita and her name was selected by public...
Kit Kat – きっと勝つぞ！ Superstition food
Kit Kat – きっと勝つぞ！ Superstition food Good morning. I wanna talk about food with special power in this post. Recently, I exchange messages with no-Japanese high school student who wants to study in...
Amazing! Vending Machine in Japan – 自動販売機(Jidou Hanbaiki)
Amazing! Vending Machine in Japan – 自動販売機(Jidou Hanbaiki) Now many foreigners are coming to Japan. The number of foreign tourists is more than 20 million. Thank you for coming. This is post about Selected...
Gorgeous experience in selected restaurant in Tokyo by Michelin
Tasteful and gorgeous experience in selected restaurant in Tokyo by Michelin What are your favorite things to do in your travel? Going to sightseeing spot? In my case, the first priority is food. Yes...
How Japanese Spend New Year holidays
How Japanese Spend New Year holidays Hi, Happy new year! Most Japanese have long holidays from end of December to January 3rd. Instead, we Japan do not have Christmas holiday like other countries. This...
New Year’s Greeting Cards – 年賀状(ねんがじょう）
New Year’s Greeting Cards We have only a few days remaining in 2015. How do you spend these days? I got one question from my non-Japanese friend. She asked to me how to write...
Christmas in Japan
Christmas in Japan Merry Christmas, everyone! Wish your happy Christmas! Today I wanna introduce how we Japanese celebrate this happy event. Religion and Christmas event to Japanese First, I wanna mention about religion...
Study in Japan (Scholarship Info etc)
Study in Japan (Scholarship Info etc) I got question from one student how to get scholarship information in Japan. So in this session I wanna write about study in Japan and scholarship information. Current...
Cleaning up Halloween
Hi Leo Sensei dayo! Did you enjoy your Halloween last Saturday? Now I feel ashamed. I have read some news about Halloween and thought about trash. Halloween in Shibuya Shibuya is famous place...
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