When I was in the States, I’d heard a statistic that most Asians are lactose intolerant. As such, I was somewhat surprised to find that milk and dairy products are in fact pretty common in Japan, and most Japanese people I’ve met have no issue eating ice cream or adding milk to their coffee. Lactose …
I have always been firmly of the belief that if you’re going to go to another country, you should make an effort to speak that country’s language. So, naturally, before I came to Japan, I started learning Japanese – only to realize that a couple of years of self-study is basically useless in actually navigating …
Summers in Japan – as well as a lot of East Asian and Southeast Asian countries – are brutal: hot, humid, and ripe for typhoons. A lovely combination, as I’m sure you’ll agree. For now, we’ll focus on the “hot” problem because I just recovered from a mild bout of heatstroke the other day, so …
