summer

Summer in Japan is incredibly muggy (蒸し暑い for Japanese readers) and that leads to what Japanese call natsubate (夏バテ) w...

We've just finished the Obon holidays here in Japan. The word "Obon" is an abbreviation of the word "urabon" which comes...

I guess everyone knows fireworks were invented in China and are said to have been meant to ward off evil spirits. They a...