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Day 5 Today we went to see Nijo Palace, Kinkaku-ji Temple, and the Kyoto Imperial Palace. This was a much bigger tour, with a whole bus-load of other people who were going on to do Nara in the afternoon or more of Kyoto. We weren’t familiar with the guide since we joined them mid-tour, but […]
DAY 4 Today was the first day of 3 “organized” day tours I’d signed up for, and this one was to visit the Fushimi Inari Taisha (Shrine) and tour a saké factory. I’d planned half-day tours because I didn’t want to exhaust myself, so left the afternoons free. However I didn’t realize this meant we’d […]
One of my students, Suzette had a trip to Japan in October. I asked her to share her experience. Here is the Suzette’s adventure in Japan! Enjoy 🙂 ________________________________________________________ Adventures of a Gaijin* in Japan *(Gaijin = “foreigner.” Apparently there is some controversy over this word in Japan, and whether there is a racist/negative connotation […]
★おかげさまで / Okagesamade We often use this words rightly for “Thank you “, but it has some deeper meaning. It expresses one’s gratitude for others and the world. Thanks to God, thanks to everybody around me, we could live here. It means we cannot live alone, we always need someone’s support.
Peanuts Cafe @ Meguro, Tokyo I was raised with Charlie Brown, but I am not 65 years old (LOL)
One of the famous Japanese songs called Hanamizuki (ハナミズキ）, it’s my favorite one. 君と好きな人が100年続きますように….. kimi to suki na hito ga 100nen tsuzukimasuyooni….. (to radiate your endless love, May it last hundred years from now) -masu form + yooni (May , wish, hope)
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