Someone asked us recently about theme iizakayas in Japan, so we thought we'd write a little bit about them.

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Okay, back to theme iizakayas. Wait, what's an iizakaya, you ask? Peter, can you help us out on this one?


Ok Brian,… Continue

Visit our main page to book a viewing of one of our rooms.
http://www.share-style.jp/eg/

This is one of the cheaper guest houses. Rasin V. However, currently there are only Japanese tenants living there.… Continue

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Tokyo Guest House, Share Style Tokyo Room Share

(Make a reservation to see one of the rooms on the main page today)
http://www.share-style.jp/eg/

Share Style guest houses are joint ownership style, allowing for high-value living at low cost. Rooms are private, with the living room and kitchen as shared facililties. Share Style's houses are equipped with basic furniture and appliances, and do no… Continue

I climbed Japan's highest mountain "Mt.Fuji" with shorts, boots, a t-shirt,
a bottle of water and a Mars Bar. What was I thinking at first - but at the
end it was no problem mostly because i became numb from the cold -
until the sun rose early in the morning. We took the train to the mountain.
It was awesome and a peaceful journey. Mount Fuji (Fujisan) is 3776
meters - Japan's highest mountain. We started at 6:30 pm from the fifth
station and arrived at the top at 1:00 am an elevation of 3,776 m… Continue

Akio Morita and Shintaro Ishihara in The Japan That Can Say No and the accompanying trends of the subsequent decade and a half admirably began to put an end to the cycle of Japan imitating the West. However, now Japan needs the next step, and that is the topic of this essay.

Recently, we see increasing world awareness of Japanese efforts to improve global political clout. Japanese efforts to obtain a seat on the United Nations Security Council, mutterings about amending Article IX of the… Continue