October 30, 2023

  [Photo: Kanji Writer at Todaiji, in Nara, Japan/By the author, Maurício Kanno, 2008] Well, surely the idea of samurais and geishas must be the images that come to mind when we think about learning Japanese, right? Or when thinking about Japan in general… The fact is that we, Westerners, tend to associate Japan with […]

The Tokyo Olympics took place in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, from July 23 to August 8. Anticipated for four years and postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were followed by thousands of people and marked the second time Japan hosted the event, with the first edition in the country