Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Air Canada, Canada, subway, Tokyo, Toronto, tourism on October 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday’s blog post was about a Canadian ad which I spied on a subway train. Today, I saw this ad on a subway platform.
This is a very nice picture of the Toronto skyline showing Lake Ontario with the distinctive CN Tower and the Rogers Skydome. It looks like it is sponsored by Air Canada. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canada, embassy, fair, Japan, student, subway, Tokyo on October 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
On my way home while riding the Tokyo subway yesterday, this ad, with its distinctive red maple leaf flags, stood out so I took a picture with my cell phone camera.
Looks like the Canadian Embassy in Japan is holding an international exchange student fair. Visit the web site at http://www.canadanet.or.jp/m/ for more details. Have [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canada, Home, house, internet, Toronto, visit on September 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Arrived safely in Toronto for a short one week visit during Japan’s Silver Week. It was a long 12 hour flight (yay, for direct flights, boo for economy class) from the very crowded Tokyo Narita to Toronto Pearson Airport, an uneventful and safe flight, watched 4 movies.
I am now getting re-acquainted with the house, last [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bottle, Canada, glacier, Japan, Tokyo, vending machine, water on July 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Just got this bottled water from a vending machine in Tokyo called “Icefield” from Canada (apparently, according to the label with a flag as well). Supposedly it is natural glacial water, and it tasted like … well, water!
Yup, Canada is called the Great White North so it must be very cold all year round [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canada, hotel, Japan, France, Expedia, tourists, travel, survey on July 12, 2009 | 9 Comments »
My last blog post was about the Best Cities to Live. But what about the people who visit these cities? A study by travel company Expedia asked 4,500 hotels worldwide to rank tourists on their behavior.
As in the past 2 years, the hoteliers worldwide named the Japanese as the world’s best tourists. They were ranked [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged best, Canada, cities, global, infrastructure, Japan, ranking, survey, Tokyo, Toronto, Vienna on July 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Late last year, I blogged about Tokyo topping the Michelin Restaurant Guide. 3 global surveys on the best cities to live were just recently published. Obviously, we each have our own personal favorite city to live in and we are certainly free to agree or disagree with these rankings. Which do you think is the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canada, Emperor, Empress, Japan, royal, vist on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On July 1, Canadians celebrated Canada Day. A few days later, the Emperor and Empress of Japan began their historic 12 day visit to Canada, as no head of the Japanese monarchy has ever been to Canada.
Please read the full Globe and Mail article (Globe and Mail is Canada’s national newspaper) written by Bill Curry.
According [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canada, Japan, money, onsen, post, stationary, transporation on March 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I just finished reading an article written by Benjamin Freeland, a Canadian who lived in Japan for 7 years, in the latest issue of Tokyo Weekender Magazine (Vol 40 No. 6).
Well, we are still living in Japan, after about 1.5 years of a 2 year international assignment with my company, but I can relate to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canada, economy, finance, IMF on November 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
James Flaherty, Canadian Finance Minister, recently wrote a commentary in the Financial Times titled Boring Canada’s Financial Tips for the World. Certainly, the biggest news today is the global economic and financial meltdown, but Canada seemed to have minimized the impact as a result of its financial system and policies, which Flaherty describes as “boring”. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canada, commute, email, Japan, Japanese, language, meetings, subway, suit, walk on November 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Time for some reflection as I have now worked in Japan for one year. I had posted my initial impressions in this blog earlier this year so it is a good time for an update.
I am now very comfortable wearing a business suit and tie every day, and I do actually feel more professional. Only [...]
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