Numerous embassies dot the area of Azabu in Tokyo’s Minato City, making it home to global residents, fancy restaurants, and international stores. On the other hand, Azabu is also known for the “Azabu-Juban Shotengai,” a shopping street for the locals.
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The Arts District is a neighborhood of “Art,” “Fashion,” and many Los Angeles “Trends.”
View More JapanUp! Meets the Arts District
August 2023 (VOL.190) Nic Flynn What do you do in Japan? I work a few different jobs in Japan, including as a part-time English teacher, photographer, and media assistant, while working on my own side projects with photography and video work. What is the distinctive lifestyle difference between your country and Japan? The difference that sticks out to me the most is how the two cultures perceive their space. In America, people don’t like others getting too close to them as we see them as not only possibly a threat, but we just aren’t comfortable with that. I don’t know…
View More I LIVE IN JAPAN / Nic Flynn / English Teacher and photographer
The festival showcases free Japanese cultural events, activities and exhibits, including music and entertainment, food, and fun spanning two weekends.
View More DTLA’s Historic Nisei Week Japanese Festival CelebratesIts 81st Year
Focus on Little Tokyo’s past, present, and future, and have conducted special interviews with some of the “key people” behind this community!
View More 【Special Interview 2023】”Key People” in Little Tokyo
JULY 2023 (VOL.189) Matt Shannon What do you do in Japan? I’m a licensed public school teacher in Japan. Like many people, I came to try a year or two away from my home country and found language education being a direct fit for my studies at university. Yes, I was an ALT when I first started. However, I did take my job seriously and settled on becoming a qualified curriculum developer for schools. I took online courses, took chances to work with publishers and NPOs to get relevant experience, and specialized in some specific, standardized educational programs. Ultimately, I…
View More I LIVE IN JAPAN / Matt Shannon / Public High School Teacher
GIVEAWAY entry due is Monday, July 31th, 2023.!!!
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Discover Japanese Beer Eventhough Japan is famous for sake, Japan is a beer drinking country. Dinner always start with beer! With carefully selected ingredients, Japanese beer has been made to a rich, bitter, first-rate taste, with an irresistible aroma, and refreshing after-taste that will blow away your stresses with just one sip! The Best Way to Pour Beer Japanese beer has more foam? We usually think less foam means less bitter and we are getting more of what we paid for. But in Japan, people prefer to have more than an inch of foam. The beer foam affects the taste…
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The Premium Malt’s is a premium 100% malt Pilsner style beer brewed only in Japan. The Premium Malt’s delivers a delicate floral aroma and a rich, quality taste to you! Suntory only uses carefully selected pure ingredients: high-quality Czech Saaz aroma hops, diamond malts and natural Japanese spring water. The diamond malt is a rare malt only grown in the Czech Republic and neighboring countries. Its high protein content gives The Premium Malt’s its rich “umami” character. Their high-quality aroma hops are also sourced from the Czech Republic. Over a decade of refinement has gone into our aroma-rich hopping process…
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LIVE BUENA! ◆SAPPORO BEER USA ACQUIRES STONE BREWING CO. Last fall, Sapporo U.S.A., maker of the number one selling Asian beer brand in the United States, acquired Stone Brewing, one of America’s largest and most innovative craft beer brands. With this merger, Sapporo gains major, high-quality brewing capacity on both U.S. coasts that will enable it to significantly increase production to meet the strong consumer demand of its Sapporo-branded beers for the domestic market. ◆ABOUT STONE BREWING COMPANY San Diego-based Stone Brewing is the 9th largest craft brewery in the United States. Stone operates breweries in Escondido, CA and Richmond,…
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Asahi Super Dry is the #1 selling beer in Japan. It is brewed using the finest malted barley, hops, yeast, and rice to give it a dry, crisp taste and a quick, clean finish that never lingers. We call it Karakuchi. Asahi Super Dry goes well with all kinds of dishes from strong to delicate flavors, such as Yakiniku BBQ to Sushi and Sashimi. Drink by itself or with food at home or in a restaurant with family, friends, co-workers, and others. It’s available at most Japanese restaurants and grocery stores. In March 2023, Asahi introduced Asahi Super Dry 0.0%,…
View More 【Asahi Beer U.S.A.】Asahi Super Dry・Asahi Super Dry 0.0%