Chiba We Took a Tour of the Soy Sauce Factories (Yamasa and Higeta) in Choshi
In Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, soy sauce production has been flourishing since the Edo period. This article describes our visit to the factory of a soy sa...
Chiba 
Nagano Yachiho Highlands is a Sacred Place of White Birch Trees! Japan’s Largest White Birch Colonies
Birch Trees are my favorite tree. I was pleased when I found out that the symbolic tree of Nagano Prefecture where I live is a white birch. Nagano Prefe...
Tokyo If it’s Your First Time to See Kabuki, You May Want to Try the One-Act Viewing Seats
Kabuki is one of the three major traditional performing arts in Japan. The other day I had the opportunity to see my first Kabuki performance. I stopped...
Tokyo My Maiden Visit to Tokyo
In July 2016, I was invited, along with a few other medical students, to attend a prestigious medical exchange between Singapore's medical universities ...
My Stories Japan Through European Eyes
Even before I left for Japan, I realized my nationality made me something of a small celebrity. See, I am Bulgarian and though my country is rather smal...