When I first visited one of my clients in Opera City building in Hatsudai, I did not like it. The building lobby area felt like maze. I have terrible sense of direction, and without good signage and clear visual indication for orienteering, I get lost easily
Category: Working in Japan
Thoughts of Japan born, US educated person about working in Japan
Sociological and psychological aspects of working independently in Japan
My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle
Working, watching in Shibuya
Sitting at a counter seat in a crowded Starbucks, view from the place, checking e-mails on mobile phoneShibuya work style
Business Discussion
Places we go after work hours to talk shop
Entrepreneurial spirit stays the same
My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle
Work out of home
An interesting facts and figures concerning Japanese working out of their homes: Increasing number of teleworkers [mobile workers who works at number of locations including home] in Japan
Knowing but not trusting what you know
My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle
Why people work late/why people don’t work out of home
At Cafe Croissant in Akasaka Mitsuke, I struck up a conversation with a non-Japanese gentleman who was sitting next to me having some coffee and snack. (Note: I have never had the guts to do this with a Japanese person yet
Work Preparation
My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle
Creative departments in major Japanese companies
My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle