Welcome to Black Tokyo! This should go without saying but I’m gonna say it anyway: #3 Learn that Japanese!
I studied French for 2 years in JHS, 4 years in HS and 2 years in University, and if you asked me right now how to say anything in French except “Would you like to do the nasty with me [...]

Michael and Tomomi Scott of Tomei’s California Wine Experience
Motomachi, Yokohama - Nestled on a quiet street behind the main stretch of Yokohama’s Motomachi shopping district lies a hidden jewel for wine aficionados. We visited with proprietors Michael and Tomomi Scott of Tomei’s to see what the fuss was all about.
The concept for a coop-style tasting [...]

10 Ways Not to go Loco in Yokohama: # 2 - Props and Camouflage:  As I’ve mentioned, #1: Don’t be you, is by far the most difficult step. A lot of water has to pass under the bridge before that kind of transformation can occur. So, what do you do in the meantime? My mother used [...]

This from Loco in Yokohama: I know it’s difficult to do anything life altering. I didn’t come here planning to alter my life. It just kind of happened and I fought it every step of the way. Which only made it more intense, and more interesting I’d like to believe…the results of which I am filling my [...]

Some of the older heads here at BT have previously shared their various encounters and experiences on “riding the train in Japan” on the BT Forum. Here is an interesting post by Loco in Yokohama:
“Imagination without action is dreaming. But, my imagination is my life and sanity preserver. Without it, I’d drown for sure. For [...]

Hello BT’ers! I would like to introduce a new blog that deals with life in Japan from an Afro perspective, Loco in Yokohama. Here is a blurb on the writer:
I’m a New Yorker living in Japan…Yokohama is a long way from Brooklyn, and this blog is about that distance. I’m an English teacher and a [...]

 
Kumi Matsumaru / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer
Photographer Mariko Itagaki says she has a great affinity for Africa, and African women in particular. She says they seem to embody the energy of life. “Yet, I also find a sense of warmth or repose in them, similar to something we have had in Japan since ancient [...]