Japan

Japan’s National Public Holidays

March 31, 2009

There are quite a few public holidays in Japan… there are some special days though which are not national public holidays but are typically taken as holidays by the Japanese. Below is a quick list of the dates for official national holidays.

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Amazon Japan sign-up in Japanese

March 26, 2009

If you’re looking to do online shopping in Japan, there are many websites out there, but of course 99% of them are in Japanese. An exception to this is Amazon Japan. where they have a partially bilingual website that let’s you browse and search for products in English also. However, to open an account, the […]

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How to read Tokyo postal addresses

March 19, 2009

Before ever venturing out anywhere in Japan, either for a day-trip, or a party/event, I will nearly always print a map for where I’m going. It’s part of my character and I don’t really know what other way to operate comfortably. If for example I’m given an address for a venue, I will nearly always […]

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Kōya-san [高野山]

November 12, 2008

Any visitor to Japan, or to any other South-East Asian country, will be familiar with the sights of a Buddhist Temple or two, or four, or ten… Possibly, you’ve gone to a few Temple sites, taken them in and been ready to jump off the next Pagoda that dares to greet you. There is sometimes […]

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