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Active Life educates through language, sports, art and cultural exchange. Join our projects and interact with the international community!
Active Life educates through language, sports, art and cultural exchange. Join our projects and interact with the international community!
It all started when Mina Nishimura—my Japanese host parents' niece—told me she was going on an exchange program to Australia. I had shared some meals with her when she came to visit her uncle's house in Hirakata, the city where I lived and studied. Mean ...
Chronicle of an ascent to 3776 meters above sea level It was my third visit to Japan. I would spend all my savings on this trip, so I had to make the most of it. I asked for three weeks of vacation, which I consider the minimum time to enjoy Japan. ...
Summer has arrived, and travelers are heading to their favorite destinations. We are sure that Japan is among the most popular ones for many reasons. Not only because the Japanese yen is now cheaper, but also because of all the advantages any visitor can ...
Do we need to learn it? The short answer is YES! Of course, any Japanese language learner needs to know Romaji’s rules, not only to understand how to read Japanese—which for Romance language speakers is not that difficult, even though it mixes phoneti ...
By Eliana Veloz “Announcing the final matches in the Ladies Team category: Ecuador vs Brazil, shiai-jo (court) C.” The noise at the sports center reduced to a whisper at the moment of that announcement, and the eyes of all attendees at the Latin Ameri ...
Discover how the end of the year’s season is celebrated in Japan. The year 2023 has come to an end, and we want to review the most common traditions that currently take part in Japan. The Japanese Christmas season is similar to Christmas in other p ...
A Little Guide to Autumn in Japan, 2023 Autumn, or aki 秋, has arrived! The temperature starts to slow down while rainy days are getting more common. We began to see sweet potato, chestnut, and pumpkin treats everywhere, and persimmons or kaki 柿 will ...
Nowadays, sushi is almost everywhere, both in big cities and small towns. This could be attributed to Japanese soft power, marketing strategy, and gastro-diplomacy. But also to globalization, the enormous food industry, and the internet, which has alread ...