I know that Americans are very spoiled in technology and that we are becoming a “lazy society” but there are still some things that could make us even more lazy and it sounds just wonderful.  This list if mainly of first world problems, but I found it interesting and...

Yesterday was my JLPT (Japanese language proficiency test) N3.  The highest level is N1 and the lowest level is N5.  N5 is basically survival Japanese.  You only know enough to ask where the toilet is, yet don’t know enough to understand the directions given to you.  N4 is...

So, there are a few things that I did not expect I would miss so much, while living in Japan.  I did not include things that I knew I would miss before coming to Japan, such as milk and pizza.  This list is a collective list of 5 things that actually surprise me in terms of how much I...

After having observed and skated in more than one location, I have figured out some things, and can safely say that I have figured out the reason for why Japan has always been one of the top countries when it comes to figure skating athletes.  Here are the reasons I have found:   1. More...

My husband and I will finally be reunited on Saturday!  I am really looking forward to it.  It will be 6 weeks since I have seen him.  I am very happy to finally be back with him and he with me.  I plan to show him around and take him everywhere almost instantly.  I hope he...

Wednesday, September 2nd, marks my first ever English lesson in Japan.  I will be teaching at a different high school than my base school.  I only go to this visit school on Wednesdays.  I hope it goes well!

I usually am not nostalgic about such things, but for some reason, there are just some items that you wonder why they just do not exist in Japan.  They don’t hurt anyway by existing, why do they not sell them?  I guess, people just don’t like them?  I really couldn’t tell ya’. ...

The summer break ends and the school year begins for so many Japanese students.  This is not the beginning of a new year but rather just the end of a break.  They had a very nice long break for the summer, now it is time for them to return and prepare for midterms.  This also means...

I went Ice skating Saturday for the first time since the day I departed for Japan.  I thought things were going to be difficult and that I wouldn't remember much or my body just couldn't handle it, but all of that was wrong.  Am I sore everywhere?  Yes.  Do I have blisters?...

I am not trying to say that Japan is a weird or strange place, I am just saying that from a foreign perspective, these things are not something that I would have expected to be a very popular thing here.   1. Highschool BaseballCurrently, there is a national baseball competition for all...