K: Today, we’re going to be talking about culture shock and medical trauma, hence the title “culture shock and medical trauma.” And we’re starting off a little bit differently because I don’t want anyone who would be triggered by either of those topics to listen to the episode and… be hurt by it or...
K: So, lately I’ve been struggling with the concept of… I’m working remote right now. And I’m going to be working remote – I started working remote in March of 2020.
Some places don’t require much of the local language, as long as you speak English. Others… do. Wondering where Nagoya is on this spectrum? And where Nagoya is geographically? We can’t necessarily provide either answer, but we have opinions. Transcript K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about how much Japanese is enough Japanese. C:...
As many people–and all residents of Japan–know, Japan uses two different systems for counting years: the CE (Western) system and the Japanese Era system. A few years ago, the current Emperor, Akihito, petitioned the government to allow him to step down. (Traditionally, an Emperor’s reign ends only at his death, with no provision for...
Cherry Blossoms Something that they don’t tell you about cherry blossom (“sakura”) season in Japan is that lasts for about two weeks and everyone becomes super active. We always get a bevy of invitations to do things, but always on Saturdays, which is one of the busiest days of the week for my practice....