Before I left Australia to live in Japan, someone warned me that it might be a bit of a culture shock to be surrounded by only Japanese people - because they look different. I'm sure this person didn't mean this in a racist way at all, rather they were passing on their own experience, and …
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Visiting Japan again – I don’t need to be convinced!
I get quite a few invitations to various tourism-related events and I'm busy enough that I ignore nearly all of them. But when a friend passed on an invite to a Japan National Tourist Organisation (JNTO) evening here in Perth, I put it straight into my diary. I knew that it would be different: not …
No qualms about nudity in Japan
Here in Australia, we might be a bit on the prudish side ... so when I got to Japan and heard about onsens, the public baths that are a popular place to visit to relax, I got a bit nervous. Taking my clothes off in front of a bunch of other women was not something I was looking forward to.Yes, I …