Japan Archive

Closure

We all have experience of friendship coming to an end. Closure doesn’t always happen for all past relationships and closed friendships. It is sometimes hard to even find
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Endings

Everything, every relationship has endings. We can’t avoid that, yet many of us feel uncomfortable with this ending. Friends part way respectfully, relationships can end and we just
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Boundaries

This is a very important topic. I used to struggle to set some boundaries but it is important for all of us to know your limit and to
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How to space for others

I started to do daily meditations and wanted to share important tips this calm meditation program has taught me. I was skeptical about the benefits of meditation even
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Peeing Shiba ken

  Wow these are really cute..in the weirdest way. Japan is surely the best creator of these characters! The Shiba Inu (or the Shiba ken) is a Japanese
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Japanese restroom

I am not sure why but I am kind of embarrassed to show you non-Japanese friends what the traditional Japanese toilet looks like. This is for females…If you
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