Ōtomo Sōrin: More Than Just a Statue

Posted on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 | No Comments

Ōtomo Sōrin. He was a daimyo in what is today Oita. He was a Christian. He was Oita’s “Christian Daimyo.” Did I mention he was Christian? Such is the extent of most of our knowledge of the name which pops up most frequently when discussing the history of Oita. […]

Japanese Bras

Posted on Monday, December 10th, 2007 | 2 Comments

Written by Kelly Franquemont of Kitsuki.
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for, I’m going to talk about boobs….
Among the long list of inappropriate questions Asia will routinely expect foreigners to answer, one of the most common inquiries at school is some nearly-English variant of, ‘What size bra do you wear?’
In fact, breasts seem to […]