June 4th is Cavity-Prevention Day or Tooth Decay Prevention Day, the start of Dental Hygiene Week in Japan. For explanations, please click here and also here. I went to the dentist’s on June 4th to get my teeth cleaned. My dental hygienist told me that it was Cavity-Prevention Day, so I was lucky. Without knowing it, I’d made an appointment for a cleaning […]
Hamburger Night
I love hamburgers. At my home in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki City, it has been decided that we eat hamburgers on Saturdays for dinner. Saturday night is Hamburger Night. My Japanese wife’s homemade hamburgers are absolutely delicious and the best-tasting hamburgers I know. Western-style hamburgers and Japanese-style hamburgers A Western-style hamburger consists of a cooked ground meat patty (usually beef) […]
My trip to Guam with my Japanese family
I am Canadian. I married a Japanese woman, so some of my family is Japanese. During the Smith’s Golden Week holiday, I went to Guam with my wife, her parents and her two brothers. We had a great time. It was the first time abroad for my wife’s parents. My wife had wanted to take them abroad somewhere. […]