Sowing the Seeds: What to Pack Before Traveling to Japan(if you're a woman)

One question all travelers ask themselves as the day of their trip draws near is "What should I pack for my trip?", which is further complicated when a country uses different measuring systems(as is the case with the US and every country that uses Metric). If you're a woman needing some assistance on what to take with you, Miss Mitsu of Universal Doll wrote a handy guide on the matter which should serve you well in helping you choose. If you're a fella, well, you're gonna have to wait a little longer before I get my full write up done on the matter(hint: take as much of your country's soaps, shampoos and so on before you go, as Japan is known to have body care products not made to handle the Western-strength stench)

Sowing the Seeds: Daily(or so) Drops of Info about Japan

One of the most important things I've learned about creating content for the online world is this: People(myself included) are given a torrent of new information every single day, and if you're not out there putting your best foot forward as often as you can, prepare to get lost in the tide. For me, this means giving people as constant a stream of valuable insight into the language and culture as I can without watering it down to match the standards everyone sets for their blog. With that, Sowing the Seeds was created, to help plant interesting new ideas about Japan and Japanese language while not bogging the pace down with getting longer form content just so. For your first taste of what's to come, here's an article interviewing Bilingual language teacher Kae Minami(from Japan Times). She discusses a good cross section of points about the country and it's language, including general pointers for those looking to pass their knowledge on(like myself), aspects of the language that make it unique-like the high level of context inherent in speaking it fluently-, and some advice for students/general life pointers. One of my favorites, and certainly full of info to help you on your way to building Your Japanese.

(special thanks to the article author, Judit Kawaguchi and the person who 1st tipped me off to it, Wendy Tokunaga)