I went to the Japanese Consulate in Toronto in order to vote for the House of Councilor Selection. When I say this to my Japanese friends, they always say “I’m so impressed” and it makes me very sad, since it is commonsense to me and it should be commonsense to everyone. 続きを読む →

Recently, I have truly enjoyed learning English since I realized again that languages are strongly connected with cultures. In the last English lesson, my English teacher, whose educational background is linguistics and Japanese language, and I talked about the relationship between language and culture. 続きを読む →

Who do Japanese people dance bon odori, traditional Japanese dance, without smiling? Don’t you think they don’t look like they are having fun at all? My Japanese friend, who is a night club lover, said this to me when we were at a Japanese festival in Toronto. 続きを読む →