The real blog starts now...

So I sit here at 1:30 in the morning brushing up on some statistics regarding the Japanese and their use of Social Media sites for an upcoming so-called "Expert Interview", and I have come to find that a great deal of information these days seems to come in Blog-form.
Now, when we started this blog a few weeks ago, it was done so with the intention of providing a more social and expressive media outlet for Japan Lifestyle Consulting. But now I sit and wonder what else I could be doing.

I personally would call myself lazy by nature. Now, this isn't to say that I am not a hard worker (a paradox if there ever was one). I have just never been one to sit and write what I know.
When it comes to contributing information, I have absolutely no problem doing so in a conversational setting, but have never really taken to the idea of spending my nights writing about them....
But after hours of sifting through information, statistics, opinions, and advice, I find myself with a feeling of social responsibility...
I feel that I too should more actively inject my knowledge into the blogging community.

I take great pride in my knowledge of Japan and Japanese people. I have made it my life's work to understand why Japanese do what they do. I have spent more hours than I would like to admit talking to more Japanese than I can remember about everything from the millions of paradoxes that make up Japanese society, to the ever-so-fascinating cellphone (which as amazing as these phones are, the average Japanese person, uses them for little more than email...), to Japanese pizza and more...
I have taught Japanese classes for over 3 years now, and more often than not, find myself straying WAY off the lesson topic, onto matters of culture, society, etc....
and yet, I have never taken the time to write any of it down.

And so here begins a journey! I will try, if even only once a month, to put some of what I know in text. I make no promises however, as I cant seem to bring the same level of passion, detail, and pure information, to a written work as I bring to my Attention-deficit-disorder enhanced ramblings. But I give you my word that I will try.

But for now, maybe its time to get some rest~

Norm Nakamura
Japan Lifestyle Consulting