Japan Expert Let’s get acquainted! I fondly remember the school garden where I tried to phonetically repeat the songs heard in Japanese cartoons. Shaped by all the beautiful things gleaned from them, I find myself enchanted by the artists of Japanese music a few years later. Only in college, after meeting countless extraordinary people who…
Tokyo Guide Let’s get acquainted! Maybe I’m one of those lucky people who didn’t seek out Japan, but Japan came to me. And it happened at a rather young age, around 13, when I was already learning the first words in Japanese and showing them off at school. My first visit to Japan took place…
Kansai Guide Let’s get acquainted! I developed a passion for Japan during high school, in a somewhat unusual way – by discovering Japanese martial arts. I didn’t know much besides the fact that samurais fought with ninjas and a real katana could cut through nails and tanks, but it was a start. My first “excursion”…
