Due to the increase in the number of people infected with the new coronavirus, the government declared a state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area (Toky...
Sinulog, the biggest festival in the Philippines, is held every year on the third Sunday in January.It was announced that the Grand Parade, the main event in wh...
As of January 1 of this year, the consular office of the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines in Cebu City was upgraded to a Consulate General. The consular offi...
I read with great interest the article by Masaru Kurihara, "Overseas Migration to Asia in 2021: Thailand and the Philippines, Ideals and Realities of Retirement...
New Year's Day 2021 was a peaceful New Year's Day for me and my wife. On a clear morning, I prayed for the first sunrise of the year and thanked God for the new...
Welcome to the year 2021. I hope you will continue to follow this blog this year. I think it is customary to state one's resolutions for the year at the New Yea...
A couple of years ago, I started using very little cash.The only time I use cash now is to charge my Suica card and to send money to my family in the Philippine...
Yesterday, I received Furusato tax return gift of Osechi. My wife asked the price, and when I said 2,000 yen, she asked, "Really? Why is it so cheap? " So I tri...
The other day at the Seven Park Ario Kashiwa supermarket, we bought some Australian beef for stew that looked good, along with a can of Heinz demi-glace sauce. ...
For the Japanese, Christmas is an end-of-year event with no religious affiliation.The city is decorated with Christmas trees, there are special Christmas cake s...
