The title should say it all, but sadly it doesn’t. The teacher in question is a pregnant woman in her thirties. She works at a junior high school in Handa City in Aichi Prefecture. During the beginning of third term (January) this year she scolded some students in club. She also did a seating change…
OK, so this blog is Cheap Travel Japan, and my goal is to help people get the best “Japan” experience they can without going broke. Cherry blossoms really are beautiful, and it’s an ephemeral beauty at that magnifying it. If you really want to see them you don’t actually have to come to Japan. If…
If you are visiting Japan staying at a love hotel instead of a traditional or business hotel can be a fun and economical way to spend a night (or afternoon) in Japan. I’ll start out with describing some of the reasons NOT to stay at a love hotel, then move on to the positives and…
OK, OK,so the title of the post is not exactly comic genious… but that’s not why you’re here anyway. The news was just released that the E.T. ride at Universal Studios Japan will be discontinued on May 10th. USJ explained the move saying that there are a growing number of kids who are unfamiliar with…
OK, I know the title of this post is a little wacky, but have you ever lived here? If you live here or do business here you might be looking at that title and nodding your head slowly with a sad-but-true look on your face. Check out this interview with Sean McAllister, the director of…
I’ll embed the video here. The suicide problem is way too big here and growing. The only issue I’d take with the narration is the idea that suicide is still seen as an “honorable” way out to many people. I think the “honor” of suicide is the furthest thing from the minds of people who…
Today is a Japanese national holiday called Spring Day or “Vernal Equinox”. The Japanese name for it is Shumbun no Hi. It seems that Google Japan has gone with a nice theme that elicits images of Spring and Nature… using Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” as a theme for it’s logo. I have to…
Shumbun no Hi is the Japanese national holiday that takes place on either March 20th or March 21st or so every year in Japan. It is most commonly known in English as Vernal Equinox although I’ve also heard it referred to as Spring Day. Post offices and other such official services will be closed. Schools…
The Epson E-reader is not designed for private consumers and has less shades of gray than the Kindle 2… HOWEVER, the Fujitsu FLEPia is color, runs on Windows CE 5.0, and is designed for consumers… Of course, priced at nearly a thousand dollars, it’s not targeted toward this particular consumer. The good things about the…
I have kindle Japan in my Google Alerts, and also the katakana for Amazon Kindle. If you read this blog, you may know that I very much want a kindle in Japan, but I’ve decided not to buy one until I have Japanese language support. So I’m waiting for the good news from Amazon (or…
The Japan Weather Association has updated its forecast for cherry blossom viewing dates with a nice new map and more detailed information. Even if you don’t know the kanji or Chinese characters for the place you’ll be, check out the convenient curvy lines that show the divisions. The time is near, so if you are…
I just got a warning from the United States Embassy for foreigners in Japan to be careful when drinking in Roppongi bars. There have been recent incidents of foreigners having their drinks spiked, then waking up without without their money or with exuberant credit card charges. Although Japan is still a relatively safe country for…