Stay at home exercises
During this pandemic, with all the stay at home realities of the time, there has been an increase in home exercise methods for people of all ages. How to keep fit or stay in shape with all these changes to our usual routines have been a subject of constant discussion.
And here in this blog for Japanese learners, Japanese teacher Midori Miyake chooses one of these home exer...
Japanese food for all occasions
Japanese people like to celebrate different occasions with special food. Washoku is a cuisine that often combines decorative elements of the ingredients to celebrate a specific meaning or event.
There are unique dishes to celebrate the New Year, Girl's Day and a host of other holidays or special days in the calendar.
In this blog for Japanese language learners, J...
Working from home around the world
As working from home has increased and online communication has become a norm, one issue that is recently receiving media attention is the health effects of sitting too long.
There are a few countries that have data on this and Japan is one of them. In this blog by a Japanese teacher for learners of the language, Yukiko Takane has found some data on this proble...
Summer in Japan
The Japanese summer is a hot and humid affair. Temperatures in the southern areas and mainland of the nation have regularly climbed to almost 40℃ in recent years with records being rewritten every year in various localities.
In this blog for Japanese learners, Igarashi sensei, a Japanese language teacher at JOI, introduces some useful Japanese summer vocabulary.
Please read the ...
Chinese medicine in Japan
Chinese medicine is known as Kanpo in Japan.
It is based on herbal medicine that has a long and traditional history and was brought to Japan from China around the 5th century.
It is often viewed as alternative medicine by most people in modern Japan, but you can also use the national health insurance to receive herbal remedies, so it is officially acknowledged as a via...
