So I was reading a news article the other day about something I hadn’t heard of before… A ‘freakshak...

So the place that I am going to recommend that I think most Japanese people have probably never hear...

I think there are a few basic needs that every person on Earth should have met regardless of where t...

メリークリスマスでした！ ヤマちゃん@ワンナップ英会話です！ 皆さんどんなクリスマスを過ごされましたか？ サンタさん来ましたか？ ヤマちゃんは、早くも実家に帰っておりまして、 息子にまた熱を出させてお...

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. There is so much love and happiness at that time. ...

Life gives you one chance to get it right. That's it! No second chances, no do-overs, no mulligans, ...

Coming to Japan was perhaps the best decision I have made in my life. Reading the first sentence may...

Christmas in America is always a big event for many families. For many it is an event to celebrate r...

I haven’t had much experience going on group tours. The first time was when I was 15 and I went on a...

A lot of people ask me what it is I miss about home. Of course I miss my family and friends, but I a...

「ねぇねぇ、好きな日本語教えて」 豪華20名の講師に聞いちゃいました！ え？この単語！？みたいなものもかなりありましたが 恐らく英語と一緒で、響きとか、なんとなくとか。 意味はよくわからないけど好き、...

こんにちは！ ヤマちゃん@ワンナップ英会話です！ しまった！ 月2回更新を目標にしているのに、 11月は1回だけだった！ もうね、何年も前から言ってますが、 一段と、月日が経つのが早い！もはや速い！ ...

On the face of it, the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo could be a commuter’s nightmare. Tokyo is a vast, spra...

‘There is nothing new under the sun.’This is a proverb that my mom always used to say while I was gr...

Here are some ways to get in shape that don’t require going to the gym: I have a deep, unsettling co...

こんにちはー！ ヤマちゃん@ワンナップ英会話です！ ヤマちゃんは、この秋2度目の風邪をひきまして 熱が38.5度越えでした。 十八番は天城越えです。 がびーん。 子の風邪をもらったんです。 子より症状...

こんにちは！ ヤマちゃん@ワンナップ英会話です！ 台風が来ますよ！ みなさん備えは大丈夫ですか？ 午前中にスーパーとドラッグストアをまわって 水や食料や薬類を慌てて買った私が来ましたよ。 ベランダのも...

An annual tradition for the three years that I lived in Nara was to celebrate Halloween in Osaka. Co...

A couple weeks ago I went to the horror movie “A Quiet Place.” Some of my favorite movies are apocal...

There is a restaurant in Tokyo Station that I have started to go to frequently. My family discovered...