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Cleve points us to the World Citizens Guide, put together “by students for students to use when going abroad.”  With all the anti-American sentiment in the world today, first time travelers would be wise to read the downloadable document and follow the advice within.
Here in Japan, cleanliness, politeness, non-confrontation, and non-expression of negative emotion are [...]

Originally uploaded by aikitherese.

Every New Years in Japan around a dozen people or so, mostly eldery, die from choking on mochi, or sticky rice cakes, which are a part of the traditional New Year cuisine. Made from pounding cooked glutinous rice into a gooey [...]

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Dainty Desert, originally uploaded by apc33.

Portion sizes are much smaller in Japan than they are in most places in the world I have visited. There is more attention placed on food quality and [...]