Your vote counts! It’s a new year, and it’s time once again to turn your attention to the yearly tradition unlike any other – Best of the Pacific voting season!
It doesn’t necessarily have to make one feel sad to see spring break come to an end. Come Sunday, April 1, Okuma Beach will host Bounce!!, a beach event for kids.
“Power spot” is a term which, I think, reflects the Japanese obsession with luck. According to a dictionary, the term surfaced in the mid-1990s to refer to “locations filled with psychic power.”
There are countless vending machines throughout Japan. Items available range from canned coffee, hamburger, yakisoba and rice bowl (served hot!), beer and sake (served freezing cold), to cigarettes, tissue, underwear and condoms.
When spring returns every year, my allergies kick in. I get watery eyes, runny nose and can’t stop sneezing. That’s right! I have hay fever due to the high cedar pollen in the air.
As spring approach, the weather changes irregularly. Some days are cold and next day, it becomes very warm. The topic of weather is something in common for everyone and very useful to open conversation with people. Let’s talk about weather in Japanese.
