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More Bear Attacks in Hokkaido: The Original Japanese Landscape Is Being Lost
【Bears start to live in deserted villages in Hokkaido】 This year, riverbeds and big parks with forests were often closed in our hometown. It was not because of the COVID but because of bears. There are two kinds of bears in Japan: brow... -
Japan Travel in the Know: Hokkaido Sweets Are Good for a Gift
【Trick-or-treating in Hokkaido】 Did you know that the history of trick-or-treating at Halloween in North America was not so long? It started about in 1930, while Halloween itself has a long history of more than 2000 years. As you may k... -
Japan Tips from Locals: Hokkaido Is the Mecca of Wooden Furniture
Did you know Haagen-Dazs was originated in the US? I thought it came from somewhere in North Europe, which, I assume, would be exactly what the brand founder intended. Let me tell you another example. In Japan, canned coffee is one of th... -
Japan Travel in the Know: CondeHouse Headqaurters Shop in Hokkaido
I think we can devide business organizations into two types by hiring method: job-description type and membership type. The former organizations clearly define the tasks that they want their employees to fulfill. Accordingly, employees f... -
Japan Travel in the Know: The Sound of Silence in Hokkaido in Winter
【Funny Japanglish by the Prime Minister】 In 2000, the then Japanese Prime Minister wanted to make greetings in English at the first summit meeting with President Clinton. He tried to cram the following exchange of basic phrases: “How a... -
The Charm of Hokkaido: Hunger Is the Best Sauce
【A home is a place to long for from a distance】 A journey itself is worthless, but it's what we learn from a journey that counts. It is a part of the subject of my previous article. As some of the readers may notice, it is inspired by ... -
Japan Travel in the Know: Go Off the Rails to Visit Small Towns in Hokkaido!
【Country towns struggle to survive】 Do your cities (towns or villages) have taglines? This is not a question as an attention getter (as I often do), but I’m really curious. In Japan, with decrease in population, the number of municipal... -
Japan Tips from Locals: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel
【The hotel was intact even after the Great Kanto Earthquake】 The Imperial Hotel was built in 1923, demolished in 1967. Only the entrance is still left as a museum in a small city in Aichi prefecture, far away from Tokyo where it was or...