In autumn 2007, a young Australian guy arrived in Japan. He left his engineering job back home to do a little adventure in a country he has always been fascinated with, Japan. And just like most native English speakers, the best way to do this adventure while still making money is to become an English [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Merry Christmas, Japan
Posted in Uniquely Japan on December 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
5 signs winter is coming to Japan
Posted in FooD, Uniquely Japan, tagged japan, jidouhanbai, light up, oden, toilet seats, vending machines, winter on December 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(other than the obvious signs..)
1. Restaurants stop serving cold noodles
2. The vending machines sell hot drinks
3. The toilet seats are automatically warm (see: toilet)
4. Every convenient store sells ‘oden’
5.They light things up
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**In summer, vending machines (jidouhanbai) sells cold drinks only (blue buttons), in winter, half of them changed to hot drinks (red buttons)geniuses!!
**Oden; delicious, healthy [...]
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