Back in the beginning of summer, I taught a cooking class at the local community center. I asked my mom for some of our favorite summer...

As you may or may not know, in the past couple days North Korea has been lobbing missiles into the air. I didn't know this until my phone...

From Japan: The Original Point-and-Speak Phrasebook by Toshiya Enomoto (highly recommend) As those who know me in person may or may not...

As I have already established, I live in a pretty rural place. This excludes me from many of the activities you usually associate with...

During my orientation training for JET, we had to watch the TED talk "the secrets of learning a new language" by Lýdia Machová . The main...

My house does have hot water (the control for which is pictured above), but it's one of those instant water heaters that isn't so instant...

My second day living in rural Japan, my supervisors took me to the local car rental place to pick up my car. My car was owned by the...

I think people have a skewed idea of what fluency is and what is needed to achieve it. I cannot tell you how many times I heard "oh just...

Something you may or may not know about me is that I love french fries. When I ate out with my friends in college I almost always got...

Note about the title of this image: I mentioned to a friend that my house has a mildly ridiculous amount of doors and he said "oh, so you...

Japan has a bit of a reputation for odd products. One of my prized possessions is a bread shaped pillow I got during my first study...

This is a kotatsu. It's a table, usually a low table, with a heating element on the bottom side, the top of the table comes off, and...

So it has been a bit cold lately. Temperatures average between -2 and 2 Celsius (28-36 Fahrenheit). That's not too bad honestly (or I've...

Hello there! My name is Juno and I run the Azuki Ice Cream blog. My original blog (under the same name) was made when I was a teenager...