By: Isabella Tiberi Thanks to the many hours of daikyuu I accrued by helping foreigners on cruise ships and being complimented for my English a surprisingly high amount of times, I decided to take a trip down to Yokohama just in time for a special event related to Bleach, the first manga I ever read. … Continue reading
Bella’s Bera-Bera By: Isabella Tiberi We’ve likely all seen pictures of Hugh Jackman sporting Wolverine’s signature sideburns and those dehydrated, unhealthy-yet-scrumptious abs from the first X-Men trilogy released in the 2000s. But I always manage to raise a few eyebrows when I tell people that Wolverine is fluent in Japanese and even has a wife … Continue reading
Bella’s Bera-Bera By: Isabella Tiberi You know every year, you get that burst of energy during the start of January (or after the first hangover of the year, depending on how wild your New Year’s Eve was)? You make your list of the things you want to get done this year, you look proudly at … Continue reading
Bella’s Bera-Bera By: Isabella Tiberi Winter is starting to rear her cold, frosty head in Aomori, and as a first-year ALT, I’m half-excited and half-apprehensive. I’m excited because I get to see a beautiful winter wonderland full of snowy mountains, ice sculptures, and Christmas markets; it’s like living in a postcard, right? Right? I’m apprehensive … Continue reading
Sendai’s Polar Bears and Zoo Welfare By: Isabella Tiberi Until I came to Japan, I’d never seen a polar bear outside of a documentary, photo, or Youtube video of Russians feeding them fish and patting their heads without fear of the 700-pound beast at their window. Part of that is because I’m from Texas ,where … Continue reading
Good Morning Aomori 