‘Your Japan’ Archives
Food For Thought
FOOD FOR THOUGHT ■ By Miguel A. L. Esquivel (NIC Out and About Volunteer) I love Japanese food. I love most foods, I must admit, but there is a special fondness in my heart for Japanese cuisine. Many foreigners living in Nagoya (and, indeed, Japan) would admit that, if [Read More]
Hiking on Murodou-Taira
Hiking on Murodou-Taira Highland in Mt. Tateyama - By Mr. Ito, a Nagoya International Center Volunteer I went on a hiking trip with a friend of mine to Murodou-taira Highland at Mt.Tateyama – located in Toyama Prefecture. This is the travel report. A bus which [Read More]
Nagoya to Azerbaijan
After attending the 2005 Aichi World Expo Tarana Huseynova wanted to bring a piece of Japan back with her to her native Azerbaijan. A Japanese woman that Tarana met at the Expo took the idea a step further and in April 2006 sent 10 cherry saplings to her in Azerbaijan. [Read More]
Lost in Translation
LOST IN TRANSLATION I resolve to make less resolutions… ■ By Miguel A. L. Esquivel (NIC Out and About Volunteer) First things first. To those of you—okay, both of you—who saw my article on mysterious Japanese foods last month, thank you. While I enjoy [Read More]
The Unbeaten Path
THE UNBEATEN PATH A stay at Shunkoin Temple offers Kyoto visitors a surprising alternative to stay in during their visits ■ By Miguel A. L. Esquivel (NIC Out and About Volunteer) As our JR train pulls into Kyoto station, my friend Victoria and I cannot help but feel [Read More]
Sightseeing & Gourmet Soba in Kyoto
Sightseeing & Gourmet Soba in Kyoto By - Mr. Ito, a Nagoya International Center Volunteer On Monday, July 21st six members of my soba-uchi group (handmade soba noodle making group) went to Kyoto to visit some soba shops famous for serving their delicious soba [Read More]
Go in Nagoya
The Game of Go ■ By Pieter Mioch In Japanese it’s called “(i)Go” the Koreans call it “Baduk” and in China, the land where the game originally is from, Go is best known as “Weiqi”. Two players can play one game in 10 minutes but often games take well over [Read More]
