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Sunday, 29 January 2023

Pounding Mochi, Hitting Wives, and Tossing Husbands: Violent New Year Traditions in Japan

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Akemashite omedetō gozaimasu (明けましておめでとうございます) - Happy New year - to my readers from a very chilly Japan! We're going through a once-i...
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Friday, 30 December 2022

Love in the Time of Corona: The Best Japanese City for Romance

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Local temple with pair of kadomatsu New Year decorations out front The year is drawing to close, and Japanese people are typically wishing e...
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Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Japanese Autumn Sunsets, Falling Foliage, and Red Dragonflies

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I have to apologise in advance - university entrance exams and student theses have combined to bury me in work so a short post this month! A...
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Sunday, 30 October 2022

Visiting Yokohama (2): Red Shoes and Red Flags in Chinatown

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This week temperatures have suddenly plummeted to something like mid-November to early December levels and the pleasant autumn weather I wro...
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Sunday, 2 October 2022

Visiting Yokohama (1) : Autumn in Japan's Most Cosmopolitan Port City

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Autumn approaches and temperatures vary wildly here in Japan. A couple of weeks ago a cool front made things decidedly chilly, but this week...
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Sunday, 28 August 2022

Bullet Train: Burapi, Ekiben, and the Seven Minute Miracle

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After almost four rather lovely weeks in the UK, BritishProf was back "home" - after holding my breath to see whether the PCR test...
Thursday, 28 July 2022

ABritishProfinJapan - in Britain! FIVE Differences between the UK and Japan

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Summer holidays have arrived and after three years of staying in Japan during the pandemic I was more than ready for a trip back home to the...
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Sunday, 26 June 2022

Katsu Curry, the Katsu Curry Police, and Tonkatsu Heaven

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When asked to name Britain's national dish, most Japanese would probably cite fish and chips, gravy, or roast beef. Afternoon tea - scon...
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Saturday, 21 May 2022

To Die for: Japanese Tatami Straw Mats

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Near the end of the latest James Bond film, No Time to Die , 007 confronts the villain in a Japanese-style room ( washitsu =和室). The first ...
Friday, 29 April 2022

Getting Away from it all: 5 Days in the Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa (Part 2: Identity and Food)

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In the last post, I detailed my spring trip to the Yaeyama Islands. This time I'm going to focus on the delicious edibles found in Okina...
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Sunday, 27 March 2022

Getting Away from it all: 5 Days in the Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa (Part 1: Sightseeing)

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With the quasi-state of emergency (manbō) now over and new COVID cases decreasing it seemed like a good time to take a spring holiday break ...
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