**日本語訳は下の方ご覧ください** “I’m married to a Japanese man and it always surprises people when they find out we met in Russia. It was at a party, to be exact. I was studying Russian and so was he, although at different universities. We talked and I thought he was smart and interesting, so we started going out.Continue reading Love Across Borders
**日本語訳は下にあります** “I have a love and hate relationship with Japan. And after five years of living here, small things have started to pile up. Take for example the lack of flexibility or critical thinking. Nobody takes a stand against the established order (except for a very few outspoken minority). That’s why you often hear peopleContinue reading Broscience
**日本語訳は下にあります** “The decisions in my life that I don’t regret are the ones I didn’t really have to make. They were just obvious, like following my instincts. Coming to Japan is one example. I was traveling around Japan after graduating from university in France. When I got back from holiday, Paris, the city I loveContinue reading Just Another Way
“I have a hard time finding an apartment in Japan. And it’s because I’m a foreigner. My Japanese friends tell me people here are just shy or it’s because of something else. But I speak Japanese so I’m sure it’s not a language problem. When I lived in the countryside, I actually got the response:Continue reading Room for Improvement
Why did you pick Japan? “We’re here on a one-year student exchange program. I’m a linguist. I came to Japan because I thought Japanese is interesting to learn. I took Japanese 4 years ago now and I just like the language. I speak five – Italian, French, English, Spanish and Japanese.” “I’m studying Japanese inContinue reading Studying Abroad
“I came to Japan as an exchange student in Sendai just months before the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck Japan in 2011,” says Mailys, who now works for one of Silicon Valley’s tech giants. “Witnessing first-hand how Japanese people got back on their feet from the ashes made me one with them.” Our interloper, who’sContinue reading Worlds Apart
