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12 Jan 2024 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
Japanese people love to bond after work through nomikai (drinking parties), but like everything else, nomikai have many unspoken rules that one should take note of if he doesn’t want to offend anyone. Here’s a list I compiled from my experience worki...
7 Jan 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
So I’m married to a Japanese lady. I believe that this gives me good authority to comment on general behavioural traits of Japanese ladies. As the saying “happy wife, happy wife goes”, these are things I avoid to preserve harmony with my other half....
3 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
If you want to go to Nara, try its specialty dish, kakinoha sushi. Typical sushi comes with raw fish in vinegar rice, but kakinoha sushi comprises vinegar rice and fish - usually mackerel - pickled in salt and vinegar. These ingredients are then...
31 Dec 2023 1 minute read 5 comments cryotosensei
Did you know that some Japanese people have a habit of eating meats that are considered exotic by others? Let’s learn about 3 such unusual meats. Horse sashimi aka basashi People from Kumamoto Prefecture take pride in their signature delicacy,...
26 Dec 2023 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Here are some tips for you. Enjoy! Japanese people love their baseball, so for an intense and passionate display of unbridled emotion, head over to Koshien - the largest stadium in Asia when it was first built - and watch a baseball match. Come an...
25 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
In some countries, the mention of “Black Santa” refers to the call for more racial representation so that it isn’t exclusively a white Christmas. But in Japan, it seems that Japanese parents summon Black Santa to warn their children to behave properl...
25 Dec 2023 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
Singaporeans love travelling to Japan. Everyone has their idiosyncrasies they fall back on while they are in the Land of the Rising Sun - like a well-used sofa that has absorbed its owner’s body shape. And here’s mine: I have taken to buying personal...
24 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Finally found the time to curate all these intriguing insights about Hiroshima. Enjoy! Hiroshima is famous as the first city that suffered an atomic bombing during World War II. As such, you may want to visit the Atomic Bomb Dome and Hiroshima Peace...
21 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
The logical thing to do is to save my stomach space for tonkotsu ramen, but the picture of KFC’s scrumptious-looking spicy miso chicken enticed me to switch tracks. Obviously, I would try this classic recipe that is given a uniquely Japanese flair. A...
20 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Kagoshima makes a vivid impression. Home to Sakurajima, it may greet you with volcanic ash adorning car tops and building roofs, courtesy of this active volcano’s ashen showers. Take the tram to observe whale sharks at Kagoshima Aquarium or the ferry...
