Stereotypical

Hubby hurt his back at work yesterday, so i had the job of calling around various massage places. After establishing exactly what a Swedish Massage is, we decided on a Mobile Massager, that comes around to your house with the massage table.
I asked hubby if i should ask if the masseuse had any training or [...]

Japanese snacks

I’ve been browsing around on the net and i came upon the Meiji website. Meiji is a major Japanese confectionery company who makes some of my favourite snacks!
Just the look of these have me salivating! And to find out they have online shopping is worse…much worse!! It’s probably for the best that i don’t have [...]

Why don’t Japanese men answer the phone?

Ok, i have a question for anyone who wants to respond. Why don’t Japanese husbands answer the phone? My father-in-law refuses to answer the phone, and his wife has to answer it every time even when she doesn’t want to.
Hubby is the same, which really frustrates me. If i don’t answer the phone, it will [...]

Japanese sweets lovers beware!

I was reading Mainichi online today and this article was too shocking to not share with all you readers out there, especially ones like myself who enjoy Japanese sweets!!
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/news/20070525p2g00m0dm010000c.html
I thought the scandal with Fujiya was enough - that put me off buying Milky forever! (I still have one bag of Milky Royal Tea in the [...]

Customer Service: Japan Vs Oz

 Something that i love about being in Japan or dealing with Japanese companies is their customer service. They pick up the phone promptly, they deal with you without transferring your call around the office, and they don’t sound impatient when you ask them a million things during one call. Australian customer service on the other [...]