Jay H

Gomi no hi! ゴミの日

Yep, gomi no hi. And in Japan, almost every day is gomi no hi! I’m talking about, of course, trash day…. But as anybody who lives in Japan knows, trash day is really trash day(s), because we have to sort our trash into many different piles and each pile is picked up on a differentContinue reading “Gomi no hi! ゴミの日”

アジサイ(紫陽花)

この時期になるととても綺麗なアジサイが路地でも見かけられます。お散歩中🚶‍♀️気になったアジサイがあったので写真を撮ってみました。 Written by Miki

Hello Miki! よろしくみきさん

I’d like to welcome Miki to the blog. Miki is my co-writer who will be offering up perspectives in Japanese…

Learning Kanji

For me, Japanese has been excruciatingly difficult to learn. One of the most challenging aspects to the language, as anybody who has studied it would probably agree, is Kanji, which are pictographs that are used to write words. As I write this post it is the rainy season in Japan. The rainy season in JapaneseContinue reading “Learning Kanji”

Hello Kitty!

Today I was at the station waiting for the bullet train (also known as the Shinkansen) when I saw the Hello Kitty train pull into the station going the other direction. I actually rode it once. You just have to be lucky enough to catch it when it gets to the station. They have aContinue reading “Hello Kitty!”

Japanese Cooking Site launching soon

Our sister site will be available soon! Mountain Plums will spotlight regional and local cuisines of Japan. Subscribe to this blog, below, to be notified about the site launch.

Photos from Japan

Here are some photos from our travels.

Welcome/ようこそ

Hello, and welcome to my blog! I call this site Transition to Japan. My goal is to introduce you to life in Japan by sharing some stories, providing information about the people, the language, the food, the culture, and the history of the country. My goal is to build a bridge that allows a betterContinue reading “Welcome/ようこそ”