Deep Japan has Arrived
The Deep Japan project has come to fruition, and it is time to begin sharing Japan on a deeper level with the world. Tricks and tips, travel ideas, and the real and local way to enjoy Japan is subtle info, Continue Reading
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Deep Japan – “Recruiting” Resources
A dynamic and varied team with a common origin “In a multi-tenant building, close the the Recruit headquarters, 8 men and women gathered on an evening in May. The objective was to create a service for visitors to Japan. The Continue Reading
Deep Japan Kickoff Event
Thanks to all our Gold Senpais! At long last, Jarman International along with Zero-in is bringing the Deep Japan project to fruition. The aim is to create an easily-accessible, reliable, and positive advice site for first-time travelers in Japan, and Continue Reading
Deep Japan – Advice when around town
As the Deep Japan project develops, we hope to have a large database of “how-to” type advice to make a stay in Japan, long or short-term, just a little bit smoother and more enjoyable. This is a slice of the Continue Reading
“Self Service” in Japanese Restaurants
In consumer society, we are expected to do some things for ourselves, and other things we expect service people to perform on our behalf. But of course this varies cross-culturally. One simple example is gas stations. Gas stations in Continue Reading
Experience Foreign Culture
What are the ways one experiences a foreign culture in the short term? And furthermore, to what extent are you really experiencing that culture? Can the degree to which one experiences a culture even be defined? Is one person’s travel Continue Reading
Ramen, the Big 4 Soups
Not your Average Noodle Soup It’s difficult to begin a discussion on Ramen if you don’t conceive of it in the proper way. Ramen tends to be thought of as one specific dish of the Japanese food roster; a standardized Continue Reading
Mt. Fuji, then, and now, and later.
Mt. Fuji Viewing Spots Living in the cities of Japan, it’s sometimes easy to forget that roughly 80% of the entire landscape is mountainous. This is in fact, one of the reasons Tokyo and the surrounding areas are home to Continue Reading
"Stock" up for the Winter- Japanese soul food
Winter in Japan: Electric blanket? Try an electric table. Japan is known for its richly unique seasons… radiating heat in the summer, bursting with life in the spring, relaxing with a cool and serene autumn, and then, although beautiful Continue Reading
Mikoshi – Carried Off into Autumn…
If you have spent time in any major city in Japan toward the end of summer, you may have seen groups of people chanting hauling around something called a “Mikoshi”. Or you may have just seen something like this in Continue Reading