One dear friend sometimes says, “Those Japanese – they’ll eat anything!” Although, we do eat a lot of (what Americans would call) strange food here, I have heard many Japanese … more →
Neo-新びっくりブログびっくり wrote 1 week ago: One dear friend sometimes says, “Those Japanese – they’ll eat anything!” Alt … more →
びっくり wrote 2 weeks ago: Tempura Sakamoto (天ぷらさか本) in front of Tsu Shinmachi Station (津新町駅) is my favorite restaurant. Numero … more →
びっくり wrote 2 weeks ago: Recent discussions around school lunch portions in the staff room generated a lot of ideas; however, … more →
びっくり wrote 1 month ago: Let’s finish up the M column this week with mo, written in hiragana as も and katakana as モ. Fe … more →
びっくり wrote 1 month ago: Ever heard the phrase, “What I don’t know could fill an encyclopedia?” Or perhaps, … more →
びっくり wrote 1 month ago: Recently there have been so many activities to join and I am still trying to rest my body, hence a l … more →
びっくり wrote 1 month ago: Upon first coming to Japan, I often heard foreigners say things like: It is rude to eat while standi … more →
びっくり wrote 2 months ago: School offices have refrigerators where the teachers keep their lunches, drinks, and – well … more →
びっくり wrote 2 months ago: Met my sweetie’s dad at the Tsu Festival (津祭り) today. We watched the large dance groups (よさこい) … more →
びっくり wrote 2 months ago: Calorie Mate is a kind of energy bar, that labels itself “Balanced Food”, from Otsuka Ph … more →
びっくり wrote 3 months ago: Our city employs about 20 Assistant Language Teachers: approximately half of them are hired through … more →
びっくり wrote 4 months ago: Trials keep piling up, but I just have to let them all go. Two days ago, I saw a notice about Typhoo … more →
びっくり wrote 5 months ago: Twas the question asked of me by the owners of Naniwa Noren (浪花のれん) under Hisai station (久居駅) as I c … more →
びっくり wrote 6 months ago: I like to fight with my girlfriend about many things. Here are some examples. “I’m a ver … more →
びっくり wrote 6 months ago: Moving to Ise meant that I would face a commute everyday. Generally I wasn’t too concerned by … more →
びっくり wrote 6 months ago: Can’t make up your mind? If you live in Japan, that’s OK. I returned home to my new apar … more →
びっくり wrote 7 months ago: Today my girlfriend and her mom went to Ise and scrubbed down the empty apartment. Her father and I … more →
びっくり wrote 8 months ago: Tomorrow is ensoku (遠足) with third graders. We might translate this as ‘field trip’; alt … more →
びっくり wrote 9 months ago: Second entry for the ‘H’ column brings us to hi, written in hiragana as ひ, and katakana … more →