Nepal

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Why do Japanese people like natto? – Tell me, Japanese people! Vol.23

2018-12-09

Produced by Isao Tokuhashi Edited by Jennifer A. Hoff Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Rikugi-en Garden, Bunkyo-ku Rikugi-en (六義園) is one of the Tokyo metropolitan parks. The name Rikugi-en means Garden of the Six Principles of Poetry (六義) which comes from the idea of the six elements in waka (和歌, a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature), while en (園) means garden or park. The construction of the park took place between 1695 and 1702. The founder of Mitsubishi, Iwasaki Yatarō bought the garden in 1878 and restored it. It was donated to the Tokyo City government in 1938. *Rikugi-en.

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Why do you have the senior-junior relationship system? – Tell me, Japanese people! Vol.19

2018-04-29

Produced by Isao Tokuhashi Edited by Jennifer A. Hoff Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden One of the most popular destinations for cherry blossom viewing in Tokyo, which has approximately 1,500 cherry trees which bloom from late March (Shidare or Weeping Cherry), to early April (Somei or Tokyo Cherry), and into late April (Kanzan Cherry). *Shinjuku Gyoen. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved April 29, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Gyoen *Another interview session at Shinjuku Gyoen: See this page. 日本語   Family and their friends from Norway We’re from Oslo, the capital city of Norway, and Bergen, a city on the west

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I felt Japan was better than I expected. But everything is more expensive than I expected.

2009-12-16

Interviewed by Chinatsu Suzuki Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Dilnath Sapkota (Nepal) Indian restaurant manager (He’s been in Japan since 2008) This is the first interview with a guy from Nepal, a landlocked country which is surrounded by two big powers, China and India. Dilnath Sapkota is a chef at an Indian restaurant in Chiba, east of the Tokyo Megalopolis. He is running a shop with his younger brother. Sapkota has been in Japan for only a year and he is still struggling with the Japanese language. But his smile soothes his customers. His smile leaps over any language