Day 4 of Hotsui Matsuri: Highlighting More Traditional Instruments

It’s Hotsui Matsuri day four and Star and I have officially (hopefully) survived the heatwave in our city! Days of over 105 degrees really made me miss our normally tame summers, but hey–that’s global warming for you. If ever there was a reason for you to start caring about the environment, it should be that … More Day 4 of Hotsui Matsuri: Highlighting More Traditional Instruments

The buttons mean something! Demystifying a Japanese graduation tradition

This is yet another confession trope but funnily enough there is a meaning to every button on a boys uniform. Let me rewind a little for those who have no idea what I’m talking about. So it’s a graduation tradition for boys to give their second button away to the one they love, consider it … More The buttons mean something! Demystifying a Japanese graduation tradition