Ever since 1954, kyushoku (school lunch) has been an official part of the Japanese school curriculum. Over the years, the laws and menu items have changed, from adding the role of a nutritionist to including rice. Get an inside look into how the Japanese school lunch is made and what food education looks like in one of Japan’s public elementary schools. Special thanks to Umejima Elementary School in Adachi-ku, Tokyo, that let me film over two days. You can see their school lunch menu at http://www.adachi.ed.jp/adaume/kyusyokulist.html. SUBTITLES! I have two English versions. The regular “English” only translates the Japanese portions.…
Posts Tagged‘japanese’
LWIF X EP36: Learning Japanese: From the U.S. to Japan (and then there and back again!)
Thanks to Rhomel for sharing his experience learning Japanese both in Japan and in the United States. I could totally relate to the struggles he went through. When you’re in Japan, you would think immersing yourself would be easy, but it’s not always the case.
LWIF X EP34: I Interviewed my Japanese Language Teacher
Big thanks to my former Japanese language teacher for letting me interview her about all sorts of things, from the types of Japanese language schools, to what it’s like on the other side of the classroom, to the ambitions of the students.
LWIF EP103: Learning New Languages – A talk with Risa from JapanesePod101
Last year I interviewed a bunch of people about learning Japanese. One of them was Risa from JapanesePod101.com. Although the purpose was to talk about learning Japanese, as she teaches it on YouTube, we ended up talking about how she learned English and about language in general.
LWIF EP102: What Going to a Japanese Language School in Japan is Like
Ever thought of immersing yourself in Japan and going to a Japanese language school. I interviewed my friend Jess who did just that. She talks about her motivations to go to Japan, how the classes were like, and what she did post-school to continue her Japanese language learning journey.
LWIF EP99: How to Survive Hunger in Japan
After we made a video about how to survive your first hour in Japan, the next thing all of you wanted to know was how to get food. So in this video, we’ll teach you about how you can still order food even if you speak no Japanese.
LWIF EP89: How Good is Google Translate in Japanese?
Traveling to Japan, you can’t always use English. So how well does the Google Translate app do in Japanese? Aiko and I (Dad) test out the different translations modes, from auto speech translation, to image capture, to hand writing.
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 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.