time for festivals. yosakoi soran
Winter is saying adieu and am impatiently waiting for the spring to arrive at Hokkaido. Spring is already in Honshu, main island of Japan where Tokyo, Osaka and other cities are, and they are...
Category: japan
nature vs civilization. technology breeds happiness?
Last weekend we had the Sapporo International Night and along with it a lot of group discussions on world heritage sites, nature etc. Our group discussed on nature, culture and civilization and how they...
reverse culture shock
“So did you have culture shock?” this high school student asked me yesterday. Japanese people always makes the best out of their opportunities, whether it is to mingle with a foreigner, to know the outer world or to...
little penguins @ sapporo snow festival
snow? who cares!! 1 n 2. the japanese self defense force braving the snow before the mammoth snow sculpture they made. 3. see what the koalas got to say 4. huge task ahead! 5....
Gong Xi Fa Cai and bow bow
In school, he was that kid who used to make superfluous audio effects. One day he bleated mehhaahhh like a sheep during the chemistry class, the teacher was startled; she asked him to "remain" at the back of the class. Little...
