In Japan one can often observe salary men enter a convencience store in the early morning, grab some timy brownish bottles, pay and go to work. Those are power/energy drinks used to battle often severe sleep deprivation. No prescription needed, just buy and enjoy. So, while those drinks sound tempting for most ofyou, there is a reason the bottles [...]
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Today I will write a few words about seiji-no-hi. The Coming-of-Age Day in Japan. In our days, the coming of age day is a national holiday and typically celebrated on the second Monday of every year. It marks the passage into adulthood – the year a Japanese turn 20. It includes many festivities in the local [...] After last years’ fabulous day at the Oktoberfest in Yokohama, I call like to think of this as a small revival and somehow also my pay of paying tribute to having been in Japan over a year now. After a bit of short term planning we manaed to all arrive more or less punctually at the site [...] |
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