Category: Travel and Living

Five Airlines for Your Japan Holiday

Here’s the skinny on five airlines that operate direct flights to and from Japan.

How to Make Kakigoori

Kakigoori is also most probably one of the precursors of our very own halo-halo, since several basic ingredients such as shaved ice, milk, and sweet beans are common to both icy treats.

Saizen Summer Kids Workshop

The workshop will be held at the Robinsons Galleria Activity Center on 30th April 2011. Festivities start at 1PM.

Japanese Classes Offered by UP Diliman Department of Linguistics for 2011

The University of the Philippines Diliman Campus College of Social Science and Philosophy Department of Linguistics is offering extramural classes in Japanese.

How Not to Learn Japanese

If you are serious about learning the language and not just trying to impress your clueless weaboo pals, here are five ways not to go about it.

2011 JAL Scholarship Programme

One participant from the Philippines will fly to Japan and take part in activities around the theme “How to Recreate the Vitality of Japan: Discuss and Search the Strengths and Weaknesses of Japan”.

The 2011 Japanese Language Program for High School Students

The programme will take place from 29th June to 13th July 2011, at the The Japan Foundation’s Japanese-Language Institute in Osaka, Japan.

UP Tomo-Kai Releases Charity Shirt for Japan

Each “がんばれ日本” (Gambare Nihon — Do your best, Japan) shirt costs PhP 250.

2011 Tokyo Trip Day 4: Asakusa and Odaiba

Asakusa, the Tokyo Sky Tree, the Sumida River ferry, Odaiba, and the popularity of holding cosplay shoots by the river on Sunday.

2011 Nihongo Fiesta

This year’s events will take place on 26th February 2011 at the Shangri-la Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City.

Do’s and Don’ts for Filipino Tourists in Japan

This is a quick little Appendix post to our Planning A Trip to Japan series 🙂

Planning A Trip to Japan: A Guide for Filipino J-pop Fans Part 3

Stuff to buy, stuff to do, and other pitfalls of a consumerist society.