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"Read the air!"

6 Dec 2024 1 minute read 2 comments kubo kazuya

The culture of "Read the air!" in Japan could be described as ultra high-context in English. Because Japan is an island nation with no escape, it becomes difficult to live if one is targeted by a group. To avoid being targeted, people become sensiti...

Sakana Bacca

4 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

The sakana bento from Sakana Bacca was the most delicious meal I ate during my short stay in Tokyo. You probably don’t understand the explanation. I only know the gist of it too. Basically it means that this bento was made of ingredients produced...

A Visit to Odaiba, Tokyo

3 Dec 2024 1 minute read 2 comments logen9f

Diver City in Odaiba is located east of Tokyo. It's a huge shopping mall in a man-made island. We visited it in my first trip to Japan. It was March 2018 and winter season is not yet over. The day before, we went skiing for us to experience snow. Th...

Hakone Sightseeing Cruise

29 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments logen9f

I don't ride boats often...I don't ride boats at all. It's not that I hate it, it's just living in the Philippine city where there are not many lakes and rivers, boats are not a usual mode of transportation. For me riding boats is not for transporta...

History of Japanese food culture

31 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Washoku (Japanese cuisine) is so delectable that it is recognised as a UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. This begs the question of how it came to be such a famous cuisine globally! China was the first nation to influence Japan during trading...

Script for Japanese food lesson

22 Oct 2024 5 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei

I’m tasked to introduce popular Japanese food items to my school’s seventh graders after their final year exams next Monday. So this is what I came up with while working on the PPT slides. Maybe you will learn a thing or two. Ohayo gozaimasu. This i...

France's Dilemma

16 Oct 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

There are many ways to measure a country’s economic health. One of these is the debt-to-GDP ratio. Simply put, this ratio compares a country’s public debt to its gross domestic product (GDP), or the total value of all the goods and services it produc...

30 things Sensei wants to do in Japan #1

15 Oct 2024 5 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Combed through my travel materials (which I have been hoarding for 7-8 years, no kidding) and came up with the following alternative things I wanna do in Japan. Not a single mention of the bustling cities of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka here. If you’re a J...

Metaplanet Follows Microstrategy’s Playbook—Bitcoin to the Moon!

2 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments alberdioni8406

Metaplanet, the Japanese company that is following the same path like Microstrategy, just bought more 1 billion Yen worth in Bitcoin. They now hold more than 500 Bitcoin valued at more than 31 million dollars. Impressive for a company that started al...

Weekly Outlook

30 Sep 2024 8 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

When we look at the indicators in the markets, the major fluctuations we have seen especially in the summer months have caused significant changes in the global markets. Emerging markets and low-capital technology investments are gaining strength aga...