Tokyo Japan Life Tips

Beneficial, profitable and practical information for Tokyo/Japan life in English for the English-speaking people living and visiting Tokyo and even people who just want to know about Tokyo/Japan anywhere in the world

I've lived in Tokyo now for 18 years since I got back from US.
I went to college in the States about 20 years ago, and when I remember back, what I needed the most was the information.
The only information source for me at that time when internet was not in people's life was just friends.
But now, here we are, in the world we can access to whatever we want to know only if you have a computer or phone.
So, I decided to write about Tokyo life and what I think about living, visiting, enjoying, working, and even raising kids in Japan.

I believe that there always are some specific imprtant points for apartment room hunting depending on the country and region.When I was in the US, I had to ask one of my American friends for help when I looked for a place to live.So today, I want to wr ...

Have you heard of "malted salt"?It was a few years ago when malted seasonings got widely famous and popular.Until then, even I didn't know about that.But once I tried the "malted salt" for the first time, it's one of the regular stock seasonings in our ...

If you are about to visit Tokyo or Tokyo Asakura area, you should stop by at Kappabashi street.It's just around the corner from Asakusa, only 10-minute walk from Asakusa Kaminari-mon gate.Kappabashi street is a street of kitchen tool stores mainly for ...

I had heard of this store before, but I had not had a chance to visit.And I finally stopped by the other day.Since then everytime I go near this store, I cannot help myself from going in.There is a sweets manufacture named Domremy whose main office is ...

Have you been to Gyomu SUPER?”Gyomu" means here is "professional use", and "SUPER" means super -market.So, it's a very simple name.They now have more than 700 stores all around in Japan and they're getting famous and popular with their large packaged ...

Do you have allergy to cedar pollen?I do ever since I was 16 years old.Until now except for the 4 years when I was in the States I've had to do something to make it relieve its problem.Every year from end of Jan or so, my nose, throat, and eyes start t ...

When I wasn in my 20s and early 30s, I didn't actually feel the effect of supplement pills.I was sometimes taking supplement pills only because people say it's good for me.But once I get to my late 30s I was able to tell that supplement pills did affec ...

Have you seen this sort of Japanese devil mask at super market these days?This is for Setsubun on Feb 3.This is an old Japanese cultural custom to banish harms and call lucks in.In old days, it was believed that various kinds of harms are born in betwe ...

Addition to the strawberry Swiss rolls, what I got the other day at Seijo ISHII store was this.Italian chestnut Mont Blanc parfait/ 330yenYes. Although I bought this one with 10%off too, this was more expensive than the Swiss rolls despite their sizes. ...

Do you have constipation problem?I do all the time.I try to drink as much water as possible because I've heard that one of the causes of constipation is deficiency of water.I want to jog when I can because I like it and also because it's good for my co ...

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