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Chipango
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A blog by two European expats living in Japan. Japanese culture, language, cuisine, sightseeing in Japan etc.
- Author: Susanne
- Listed in: Travel Asia
- Tags: japan sightseeing expats japanese culture life in japan japanese language
Recent Posts
Engrish
Engrish, that is the Japanese take on English, is often a source of amusement. It can be found everywhere, in ads, shop names, information for visitors, even T-shirts! Some are funny because of simple spelling mistakes, others for their grammatical ...
Public Spaces in Japan
Another thing that’s nice about living in Japan is that all public spaces are so clean. Sometimes you see a salary man jumping after a scrap of paper he has accidentally dropped that gets carried away by the wind. I have always considered mysel...
Momiji (紅葉) – Enchanted Autumn Leaves
The expression 紅葉 – literally red leaves – can denote two things: the Japanese maple tree and tinted autumn leaves. Autumn in Japan comes late, brings clear blue days and is pleasantly mild (in fact, November went from being my lea...
Attention to Detail
You know what’s nice about living in Japan? People pay attention to details here. To details that make your life easier. A lot of times, you look at a small thing and realize, that people have actually thought about what they’re doing. Ho...
Keeping Japanese Research on Track
New governments mean changes of the status quo. Even if the last government assured you of X, the new one might tell you tomorrow, “not X”. Japan has been under a new government since September of this year. And as is the case for so man...
Himeji Castle
The next stop of our last trip was the town of Himeji, located in the Kansai area. Its main (and almost only) touristic feature majestically towers over everything: Himeji Castle (姫路城), the single most famous castle in all of Japan. Built in t...
