Japan Archive

Hatsumode

Hatsumode(初詣) is the first Shinto shrine visit of the new year and almost Japanese people go to the Hatsumode (初詣)within the first three days of a new year
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Japanese new year

New Years is the most festive time of the year in Japan. It’s similar to Christmas in America. I enjoyed sending out Nengajyou (Japanese New Year’s post cards)
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Overcome Depression

Depression is one of the leading causes of disability in America. Why are so many modern people depressed? We live in a faced paced society, which focuses more
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no Japanese company

Having worked for both Japanese and American companies, I would say that working for Japanese companies is definitely more stressful than working for American companies. Of course there’s
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Japanese college life

Japanese college life is certainly different from my experience of being a college student in American University. When you think about Japan, words such as “pressure” “stress” “high
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No sex and the city

Marie Claire is my favorite magazine..I get magazines by mail and I subscribed to ipad version for both U.S. and UK magazines. 🙂 And this one posting caught
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