Kutchan Town Council Project - Hokkaido, Japan

Do you have a debate class as part of school subjects? In Japan, no, never, at least when I was a student, though it’s about 30 years ago. To top it all off, even after entering the real world, we are likely to avoid to put it in black and white. I don’t mean it’s always wrong. It must have been an ancestor wisdom not to make enemies in the insular communities of Japan, ...

Do you like thrill rides? What about horror movies? Fear is supposed to be an unpleasant feeling, but many people can’t help but want it. As the old saying says “There is no accounting for tastes,” I know it is now scientifically explained why many of us are into scary experiences. It’s for dopamine, a pleasure chemical also called a brain drug, which is released to esca...

Have you already watched Shogun? As most of you already know, it’s a very popular TV series about the samurai era on Disney Plus. As a Japanese, I’m proud that it won 18 Golden Globe awards, which was a record high. Of course, it’s becoming popular in Japan as well, and many people are analyzing and expressing why it was such a big hit. As far as I’ve read over some anal...