Chronicles from our Japanese Italian double wedding ceremony – in Japan
It is December 23rd, 9 o’clock in the morning and I am soaking in the bathtub. My parents are getting dressed and …
Chronicles from our Japanese Italian double wedding ceremony – The Beginning
Weddings are at the same time the beginning and the end of something, a turning point in a couple’s life. Since we …
A special trip to Japan
I have been to Japan 14 times in the last 5 years but this time, well, this time is different. This time …
A very Japanese coffee
Once I heard that everything that can be sold in the world can be found in Tokyo. I think it was some …
10 ordinary Japanese foods you don’t know about
Japan is a top place for food lovers but unfortunately most people only know about sushi and maybe tenpura or ramen. There …
Attending a traditional wedding in Japan: the party
This is the final post of my story about my first traditional wedding in Japan. If you missed the first two posts …
Attending a traditional wedding in Japan: the ceremony
This post is the second part of the story about my experience attending a Japanese traditional wedding, if you missed the first …
Attending a traditional wedding in Japan: the preparations
All my friends are now turning thirty and this is usually the average age to get married. Somebody has been married already …
Praying in Japan – part 1
They say that the Japanese are born as Shinto; they become Christians when they marry and Buddhists when they die. Why? When …