The Outsider, A Yakuza Story on Netflix
After having the Outsider on my Netflix list for a while, I finally saw this yakuza story. It’s dark, bloody, and entertaining. But it does have some issues regarding the Japanese …
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Aggressive Retsuko, aka Aggretsuko is SO Dope
I found another jewel on Netflix: Aggressive Retsuko, also known as Aggretsuko. Meet office lady Retsuko and his quest to live better. She gets rid of all the bad vibes from …
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Happy Valentine! Let’s do Japanese Valentine Day!
Happy Valentine! Although there are many ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day, the Japanese style is the sweetest. Morozoff Ltd. introduced Valentine for the first time in 1936. It wasn’t until 1953 …
Read MorePepi in Wonderland: 3/11 will be always there
Today I have a very emotional Pepi in Wonderland because we’re going to remember the 3/11. As you know, five years ago, a huge Earthquake and Tsunami hit the northern part …
Read MorePepi in Wonderland: Ma, the Japanese concept of space
Welcome to another Pepi in Wonderland chapter. I thought that it would be interesting to talk about Ma, the Japanese concept of space. Though appartments and homes can be minuscule in …
Read MorePepi in Wonderland: Addicted to Karaoke
Pepi in Wonderland gets addicted to karaoke. Do you remember the film Lost in Translation? Just before landing in Tokyo, I watched the movie, and I was hooked by the karaoke …
Read MorePepi in Wonderland: Love Hotels in Japan
Pepi in Wonderland this time is a little bit mischievous. We’re going to talk about love hotels in Japan, where the crazy things happen. Before going to Japan I had no …
Read MorePepi in Wonderland: Gulliver’s Travels
Another chapter of Pepi in Wonderland is here, and this time it comes with a twist. Have you read Gulliver’s Travels? If you have, you already know that Gulliver gets trapped …
Read MorePepi in Wonderland: I lost my shoe
Yay! Another chapter of Pepi in Wonderland! Today, I lost my show. Well, not exactly like that. In fact: I lost my shoes. How? Imagine a world in which every single …
Read MorePepi in Wonderland: Everyone is so Alien
Yup, another chapter of Pepi in Wonderland. Today is all about aliens. When I came back from Europe, I just felt that everyone is so alien. I first landed in Vienna, …
Read MorePepi in Wonderland: Endless Japanese Bowing
So here we are again with a new chapter of Pepi in Wonderland. Today we are going to talk about Japanese etiquette: Japanese bowing. Japanese bow as a salute, to say …
Read MorePepi in Wonderland: Gomi Adventures… or how to manage the trash
So here we are again with a new chapter of Pepi in Wonderland. This time, we are going to talk about the gomi adventures, also known as how to manage the …
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