Japan

In the United States, discussions of religion and politics are generally considered taboo subjects with people we don’t know very well. — and definitely with relatives at the Thanksgiving dinner table. However, during our visit to Japan, I found English speaking Japanese locals who seemed happy to explain religion in Japan. The Japanese with whom …

In my last Travel Tuesday post, I shared my experience with Japanese toilets. Today, I’m sharing our experiences with food in Japan. Hmm. perhaps I published these out of order. As a long time resident of the fifth largest city in the United States, Philadelphia, I considered myself quite cosmopolitan in terms of my exposure …

How to Use a Japanese Toilet To help prepare you for your first trip to Japan, here’s what you need to know about Japanese toilets. Upon deplaning at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport after a 13 hour flight from Toronto, Canada, I made my usual ladies room stop. This proved to be my first, “Toto, we’re …