Before you even board the plane, follow these 10 simple tips to make your transition easy.

Before you even board the plane, follow these 10 simple tips to make your transition easy.
There’s more to do in Japan beyond teaching English!!
Forget tests. Here are 8 ways in real life to measure your progress towards fluency.
What it looks like when things go wrong in weekly meal prep.
Here are 6 ways that Japan surprised me on my 8 visits there.
I passed the Japanese Junior Vegetable Sommelier Exam after 2 failed attempts and 1 intense week of studying.
When I went to Japan, I went to the hair salon. In this post, I will tell you what to expect if you get your hair cut in Japan. I have been visiting this same salon for 6 years. Even though I am not living in Japan anymore, I go back every year!
Okay! I am back from the taking the Japanese Vegetable Sommelier exam. (If you are curious to learn more about… Read more Report from quest to become licensed Japanese “Vegetable Sommelier”
Or… at least we bought all their mini Tabasco bottles!! These Tabasco hot pepper sauce bottles are part of my… Read more We bought out this Kaldi Coffee shop in Japan!!
There seemed to be an unusual number of non-Japanese tourists in our bullet train car from Tokyo to Nishi-Akashi. I… Read more Maybe I’m being silly… But is this the “non-Japanese” train car?