There are so many unique parts of Japanese life that it's hard to remember them all. Recently an article called The expat art of giving up reminded me of a quirk I hadn't thought about in ages: the hourly rest time at the Japanese swimming pool. Swimming pool lanes, photo credit M …
living in Japan
Karaoke boxes: Why you shouldn’t be scared of them!
When I tell Western friends I'm off to karaoke for the night, I very often get a strange reaction. Usually it's because they imagine me singing up front of a large crowd of strangers. No way! I'm talking karaoke boxes, the kind you typically find all across Asia and are easy to find in most …