Hello, hello. It’s been a while. A brief update and then a little chat about exploiting people while making videos.
LWIF EP83: What a Japanese Nursing Home is Like
In this video, we go on a tour of a couple of Azalee’s Nursing Homes in Japan. In Japan, hospitals and clinics must be non-profit and owned and operated by physicians. Health care costs are standardized across the country, with no single physicians able to charge a different price for a procedure.
LWIF EP82: How to Save Your Seat in Japan
While trying to find a spot in Japanese food courts, cafes, and fast food establishments, I stumbled upon a curious trend.
LWIF EP81: Homeless in Japan Part 2: Who They Are
This is part 2 of a series of videos on homelessness in Japan. In this episode we talk once again with Professor Tom Gill from Meiji Gakuin University. He talks about how homelessness in Japan was around the turn of the century and who the stereotypical homeless people were at that time.
LWIF EP80: Making Authentic Mexican Tacos
While in Canada, we heard our friends were opening up a Mexican restaurant, so we decided to check it out. It was so good, that we asked if we could film and they graciously said yes! So on our second trip to Maizal, our friend Chef Rodrigo shows us how to make fresh and authentic Mexican food!
LWIF EP79: A 7-Eleven Dinner in Japan
Join Chef Aiko as she hosts an intimate gourmet meal, using only ingredients from a Japanese 7-Eleven, for the renowned food critic Monsieur Shin.
LWIF EP78: Homeless in Japan Part 1: Why they’re Different from North America’s
One day while walking around Shinjuku, a major hub for government and business in Tokyo, Japan, I noticed a shelter built by a homeless man. It looked semi-permanent, but more importantly, had solar panels on it. I thought this was very different than the homeless I encountered in my former city of Vancouver, Canada, so I started to investigate homelessness in Japan.
LWIF EP77: Old Japanese Apartment vs. New House
We moved from a 20 year “old” Japanese apartment (mansion マンション) to a new 3-storey house (~1000 sq. ft.) about a year ago. These are the differences we noticed, both good and bad.
LWIF EP76: True Canadian Experience? Glamping & Rafting
What is a truly Canadian experience? When we have visitors to Vancouver, located in Super, Natural, British Columbia, we usually take them to spots like Stanley Park, up to Grouse Mountain, or maybe to Whistler. This highlights some of the nature that can be found, but I think people who really want to experience the outdoors tend to avoid these places, as they are a bit touristy and busy. A place that my family has been to a few times, which is in the middle of nowhere, yet you’re not completely without amenities out in the woods, is the REO…
LWIF EP75: Trying to Introduce Fidget Spinners to Japan
Before we left Japan for Canada in March of 2017, the kids had never heard of fidget spinners. Aiko and Shin quickly found that fidget spinners were all the rage among their classmates in Canada. Seeing this, we decided to bring some back for their friends in Japan, but it turns out we were too late, the fidget spinner craze had already hit Japan by the time we came back in July, 2017. It also turns out the Japanese call them hand spinners, not fidget spinners.