When sales people visit the company I work for there's usually one kareishu-smelling salaryman and a cute female shinnyushain. Great for the guy; terrible for the poor girl!
Smoking in restaurants is just plain rude, as far as I'm concerned. if I had my way I'd string up those responsible by their eyelids and have cigarettes stubbed out on their eyeballs.
Does your local barber's throw in a free massage as well? Personally I'd rather just get my hair cut and be out as quickly as possible, but they insist on giving the shoulders a good bashing. I always decline the eyebrow trimming, though!
Is the area around Musashi Koyama station a decent place to live? I've never been there but it is quite conveniently located - and those prices don't seem too bad for central Tokyo!
Looks very posh inside. I've been to the British Embassy twice but wasn't allowed anywhere near the inner sanctum! One good thing about the "UK-Japan 2008" thing is that WowWow (a Sky TV channel) have been airing more British TV shows this year. Curr...
1. I think the certificate will be either the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) or the JETRO BJT (Business Japanese Test). Most Japanese companies looking for Japanese-speaking foreigners will not want to hire you unless you have either 1st o...
One thing that amazed me about the Shinkuku branch is that it's still got legs 18 months after opening, which must be something of a record as far as food-related fads are concerned - when Burger King reopened demand seemed to ebb away quite quickly....
My company requires that I have a health-check once a year, though being under 35 I have yet to take the barium mixture. Seeing so many salarymen wandering from room to room in nighties was a surreal experience to say the least. I expected the eye te...
