Buying a Cell Phone in Japan

Well, it’s official. We just booked our tickets for our two month stay in Japan next year!

It’s all pretty exciting, but it also means we’ll have to be doing a lot of research for such a long visit.

Since I can work remotely for all of my clients, I can pretty much survive with a laptop and an Internet connection. But staying in touch with a local cell phone is a bigger problem.

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Remembering The Kanji – Revisited

I wrote previously about my concerns with the Heisig method of learning Kanji. In particular the reasons for learning so difficult and obscure kanji.

It been a few months since we started Remembering the Kanji and happy to say that I’m convinced in the method now more than ever.

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A Stroll Through Kenrokuen Garden

As part of our ongoing series of the best gardens in Japan, today were going to take a stroll through Kanazawa’s premier treasure – Kenrokuen Garden.

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