Anti-tobacco policy
Category: Everyday life
09/28/2008
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New entry procedures
Category: Everyday life
04/29/2008
After a 10-day business trip to France (or to be more accurate, 4 days of work and 6 of vacations), I came back to Japan a week ago and had to go through the new entry procedures in place since november 2007...
Toilet story
Category: Everyday life
02/07/2008
Today, let me write about a very important topic: toilets. Don't laugh! It is at least as important as Mount Fuji, the millenary Ise temples or the symbolism in sumo fights since we all have basic needs, right?...
Inkan - 印鑑
Category: Everyday life
07/15/2007
In Japan, one uses an inkan to sign contracts and official documents...
Addressing system
Category: Everyday life
07/06/2007
In Japan, it's really easy to get confused the first time you're looking for an address on a map and believe me, understanding Japanese doesn't help. I had to deal with that when I was looking for an apartment. Here's an exemple so you can understand the problem.
Train train
TRAIN-TRAIN 走って行く, TRAIN-TRAIN 何処までも。。。
Category: Everyday life
03/11/2007
Here's a small guide about taking the train or the subway in the country where people actually line up on the platform!...
Cellphone
Category: Everyday life
12/12/2006
We had a great time in Ise!!! You'll still have to wait for the pics though.
Today's news: I finally have a cellphone! It's a really basic one, but it's gonna come in handy! I just activated the email function, but I still have to configure my address. I'll keep you posted but you should soon be able to email me directly on my phone. I should probably write an article about cellphones, even if I'm not really interested in that. In fact, it's really impressive here! There's so many people who spend their time sending emails or browsing the net, in public transportation or in the street. Not to mention that there are phones that allow you to watch TV, here's a sample pic:
The guy was sitting next to me on the train and he was watching a baseball game, with amazing resolution and smothness!
Shopping in Japan - part 1
Did you say 100 yen???
Category: Everyday life
12/03/2006
