Pepi in Wonderland: Gomi Adventures… or how to manage the trash
So here we are again with a new chapter of Pepi in Wonderland. This time, we are going to talk about the gomi…
Pepi in Wonderland: Let’s start!
Do you know the book Alice in Wonderland? I bet you do! I borrowed the title and changed it a bit to start…
Geek Cultural Anthropology: Avengers Age of Ultron Posters in Japan
Geek Cultural Anthropology can be fun. We can explore cultural differences taking a look at Avengers Age of Ultron posters in Japan. Unlike…
2011.3.11 I won’t forget
2011.3.11 it’s a date with a lot of meaning for me. I was living in Tokyo when the earthquake shook all the northern…
Fall Seven Times, Get up Eight: The Japanese War Brides
When I saw this project I couldn’t stop myself to back it up. It is about Japanese War Brides, who, after the WWII…
Breaking taboo in Japan
First of all: what is a taboo? A taboo refers to a social norm from a certain community, culture or sub-culture, that is…
“Japanologie”
When I first read the book of Ruth Benedict, the Chrysanthemum and the Sword, I was in a deeply falling in love with…
