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8 Dec 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
Japan actively hones its soft power, and Kumamon is one of the country’s most well-known mascots. He travels around the world to promote Kumamoto as a tourist destination. This is why Kumamon Port in Yatsushiro is as touristy as they come. A Ku...
5 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
This is why parents can’t have good things. 😂 Actually I am seasoned enough as a dad to foresee that ordering a cup of tapioca milk tea was courting disaster. But I was taking care of two kids all by myself and desperately wanted to reward myself....
5 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I visit Japan every year, but this year, I have had a renewed appreciation of its people and principles. The impetus might have been activated in me when I watched a Japanese show about a boy band recruiting new members. When interviewed, one of the...
4 Dec 2024 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
When you have a son who is a train geek, you find yourself spending one entire day at a train museum. Thankfully, the Railway Museum in Saitama, Japan is so thoughtfully designed that I am impressed by its layered juxtaposition. What do I mean by tha...
3 Dec 2024 1 minute read 5 comments cryotosensei
So I stepped out of my hotel room at 11pm, ready to immerse in the Tokyo-Never-Sleep vibes. The chilly air assaulted my face but ironically boosted my spirits. I spotted a hole-in-the-wall izakaya (Japanese pub). Its insanely cheap ¥180 price tag for...
2 Dec 2024 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
I have been to three aquariums in these two years. Churami Aquarium in Okinawa. Kagoshima Aquarium in Kagoshima. Enoshima Aquarium in Kanagawa. I think once you do something for enough times, you will start to build a resume in this area. I won’t ex...
2 Dec 2024 2 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
My wife and I are very different people but maybe we complement each other. I brought along this book on pandas for our visit to Ueno Zoo in Tokyo; she bought this panda outfit for him. You can say that we came prepared for the pandas, Lei Lei and Xi...
1 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Japanese people are enthusiastic coffee drinkers. But there was a time in which drinking coffee was unheard of in this nation steeped in a tea culture. Nestle reportedly influenced the Japanese’s habit singlehandedly by making children fall in love w...
30 Nov 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
Bamboo is so tough that pandas spend 16 hours to digest it. It also grows exponentially fast such that it is used as a metaphor for late bloomers. Both traits are effectively leveraged by Kumamoto craftsmen. Look at how they inject their airport wit...
28 Nov 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
Edion is an electronics store in Japan that sells household electrical appliances. Actually I wouldn’t know about the range of appliances it offers because I spent all my time at the kids’ corner. In many instances, you can feel how the Consumer is...
