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.

We often rent a car and go out with our kids.When it's burning hot in summer, we take them to swimming pool, indoor play site, or somewhere by car.When it's rainy, we take them to indoor play site by car.And when we feel like going to somewhere new, we ...

I wrote about the most famous and common digestive medicine for adults and kids above 5 years old.*Reference: The Best Digestive Medicine in JapanBut, my first son is 4 years old, and he told me that his tummy hurts the other day.He took a day off from ...

One of my colleages gave me a few bags of instand onion soup at the office.I was trying to loose some weight then and try not to eat a lot.And, I tried the soup and I was surprised that it tasted so good.I googled the soup and found out that it has bee ...

I remember I felt troublesome to cook the vegetables that need to be cooked.For example, when I wanted to make broccoli salad or potate salad, what I needed to do first is to cut them and boil them.Or even when I just wated to cook fresh corn to eat, I ...

I was aware of this item, but I had not thought of buying one for my kid for some reason.I fortunately encountered one at kid's clothe store.I was not going to buy rainwear, but I bought one and thought that I should have bought it 2 years ago.It's a r ...

How do you get your kid's hair cut?My bigger son is 4 years old.Ever since he was two or so, I had been looking for the best way to cut his hair by myself.And finally, I got a new pair of scissors and cut his hair well enough!How is this?I don't need t ...

Addition to the roast chicken restaurant, here is another nice Chinese restaurant at the new Ebisu Garden Place Tower roof floors.*Reference: Nice Roast Chicken and Nice View @Ebisu -ROTISSERIE☆BLUE-On the 39th floor of Ebisu Garden Place Tower, there ...

I was not so sure about the difference between man and woman or boys and girls.But as my sons grow and talk to the girl's mothers, I've started to realize the difference.I show them all the toys and cartoons including boy's and girl's to my sons.But, m ...

When I went to the US about 20 years ago, I was surprised that iced tea was too sweet everywhere.Iced tea at vending machine, at restaurant, at friend's home.It was just so sweet everywhere.I could ask for unsweeted iced tea at restaurant, but when I s ...

I had a free day with a friend of mine and we wanted to go somewhere we usually don't go.And we went to Akasaka where we used to work at about 10 years ago.Lots of new buildings and stores, but still the same buildings and stores enough for us to recog ...

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