Message from the Editor

Hi everyone! How are we surviving the winter/spring so far? Ok, this is actually officially spring in Japan already, but, you know, given the temperature is still low, it can give people a false image that spring is not here yet. However, this is actually also the typical weather of the Japanese spring. There is a saying in Japanese that describes spring as "三寒四温", which literally means "three cold to 4 warm", meaning the unstable weather patterns in the spring season. So, while there will be a few warm days that make people falsely think it's going to get warm from there, it will then be followed by a few cold days where sudden drops of the temperature can be quite a surprise. The temperature will stay unstable for some time still, so, make sure you do take the best care of your health and...enjoy skiing/snowboarding season that will be ending soon ;-)

P.s. We have included a past article on "Hay Fever" because 1. we can 2. it's relevant for the season 3. we want you to read it 4. read points 1.-3. THANK YOU.

New articles for March 2009

IT'S HERE AGAIN!