After I came to Japan my experiences with talking to Japanese people obviously got a lot more and even though in general the conversations were (and are) really pleasant, I did find myself occasionally in odd situations.
I don’t know if you have them in your country as well (I certainly don’t know any in Germany), but here in Japan some of the yogurts have motivational messages and quotes on their underside. So when you eat your yogurt in the morning you might get an motivational “Today will be a great day!”…
A difficult topic. Reading those criteria that make the featured employees “monster” employees, one might wonder what makes the described acts so horrible that the other people on the net are outraged about it. Not going to the nomikai and the dynamics at such a nomikai are a very complex topic and I see the…
This is the best Post about those surgical masks I have read so far. When I came to Japan for the first time I really wondered what this might be about and felt obliged to purchase one when I was feeling sick. I just couldn’t bring myself to wear it the whole day as I…
I lost my heart in Japan 