Marie Kondo
Kondo Your Condo and Keep the Things That Spark Joy
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis described Marie Kondo as a modern-day “Marie Poppins” in TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2015. Kondo “has turned decluttering . . . into shelf help, an art form with a legion of newly neat
Innovations and Inventions
Innovations and Inventions Changing Samurai Style
The ongoing presence and purity of Japan’s traditional culture in so many areas of life is one of the most amazing aspects of modern Japan. This is particularly so since the early 1870s, when the Japanese as a whole adopted foreign lifestyles w
Instructor or Educator
David Nunan’s Global Classroom
Instructor or Educator: What’s the Difference?
Think of all the terms that are used to describe someone who works in the world of learning: teacher (the most commonly used term), instructor, tutor, demonstrator, professor, educator… The list goes on. In this a
Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Pesto and Garlic Shrimp
Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Pesto and Garlic Shrimp
Korean-Style Taco
Korean-Style Taco
Where to Stay in Toronto
Where to Stay in Toronto
SoHo Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto
Here are Tokyo Journal’s recommendations on places to stay in Toronto’s buzzing entertainment district. They are all within close proximity to the CN Tower, Rogers Centre (SkyDome), Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada, the Metro Toronto Conven
Mari’s Homemade Cooking Recipes
Mari’s Homemade Cooking Recipes
How to Make Inari-zushi
Ingredients:
4 sheets of abura-age (deep-fried tofu)
(A) 1.5 tablespoons of sugar
(A) 1.5 tablespoons of soy sauce
(A) 1.5 tablespoons of mirin
(A) 1300 cc of mushroom dashi
1.5 cups of cooked rice
Various Styles
Various Styles
By Marcel Duret and Fred Thomas
There is a traditional painterly approach to painting in which the techniques and styles run the gamut from impressionism, surrealism and symbolism to neo-expressionism, postmodernism and so forth. These artists place figuration at the service o
Surviving Nepal
Surviving Nepal
It was just another Saturday in the city of Kathmandu. There were the usual sounds of motorbikes and car horns. Shop owners and patrons haggled over prices, while momos and dahl baht were served to a multitude of tourists gearing up for a trek of a lifetime. The Himalayas have cr
Garrity’s Japan
Garrity’s Japan
Revisiting Roppongi
When I first moved to Japan in 1958, Tokyo was, as it is today, the center of action. At that time, Ginza was a hub for all sorts of amusement, with very large coffee shops such as the ACB and the Tennessee Coffee Shops, which held several hundred people an