Learning to become a Geisha in Tokyo

  Hi, this is Rei Sandy, and I’m an intern at FindJPN. For a while now, I’ve been tagging along a couple of FindJPN activities to report back how these activities turn out. So early morning on a day in April, I went to go see a FindJPN customer become a geisha along with another [...]

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A Detailed Report of a Tea Ceremony in Ginza

My name is Rei Sandy, and I’m an Intern at FindJPN. On April 2nd, I went to see a tea ceremony held in Ginza hosted for two of our customers Alison and Kavin. All the people at the tea ceremony, including the teacher, were great so I want to tell you about them as well [...]

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Learning What Lolita is with “Pochi”

Over the next three posts, I’ll be writing about the many interviews I did with the club I talked about last week – “The Gothic, Lolita, and Punk Club”. I’ll be writing about what lolitas do every day, why they wear Lolita clothes and other information that may help to understand who Lolitas are. Our [...]

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Getting to Know the “Gothic, Lolita and Punk Club”

    For this blog, I’d like to report back my meeting with the leader Ai and sub-leader Pochi from the “Gothic, Lolita, and Punk Club” at our office in Ebisu.   But first, I’ll briefly explain what Lolita and gothic fashion is.   Lolita Fashion is a trend that incorporates France’s Lococo-style fashion while [...]

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Toshimaen (としまえん）Cosplay Event Pt.2 : Interviews

Last week, I wrote about the としまえんCosplay Event and held off the interviews to this week. So, here are the interviews! Please enjoy! Out of the many Cosplayers I took pictures of, I interviewed a couple The questions I asked the cosplayers are the following: 1) How long have you been a cosplayer? 2) When [...]

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Report of a Popular Cosplay Event in Toshimaen(としまえん)!

On February 18 2012, Dyki from FindJPN went to a “Cosplay” event. This blog will contain a report of the event as well as a couple interviews of the “cosplayers” (people in costume)! First of all, let’s establish what cosplay is. “Cosplay” is the act of wearing outfits designed to look like characters in animes [...]

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Sumo Match!

On January 29th, our customers and the FindJpn crew went to go see a Sumo match! At 11:00 in the morning, 18 of us met up at Ryogoku station and headed over to “Ryogoku-Kukugikan” – a Sumo sanctuary. There was a certain strict aura to the building, making us feel a bit anxious [...]

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Customer interview: Hard Juengling from Australia

    We interviewed Richard who experienced 3 programs at FindJPN. Richard is a graduate student in mechanical engineering. Although he has always wanted to visit, this was his first time actually visiting. FJP: Why did you choose our program, Find JPN? Richard: Since I’m active and a people person, I thought it would be [...]

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Why not Make Sushi Yourself ?

  Have you ever made Sushi? As you may already know, sushi is traditional Japanese food that’s been loved by Japanese people for over 200 years. In Japan, there are many sushi restaurants that have chefs who have accomplished years of on-the-job training and serve you amazing dishes. So, we started a new program for [...]

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Do You Have Any Lolita Friends?

    Have you ever heard about Lolitas in Japan?   If you answered yes, “Do you want to meet Lolitas and hang out with them?” If you answered no, let me describe Lolitas for you first.   Lolitas are people who are passionate about Lolita fashion. It is a Japanese fashion culture that is based on a [...]

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