Comments on: On Getting Drunk with your Boss in Japan

By: On Awkward Acts of Generosity in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:03:24 +0000

[...] clear in the enkai tradition of pouring drinks for everyone around you, and never refusing when someone offers you a drink. You can think of this drinking party as a [...]

By: Networking: Before and After B-School | The Rat Racer

Networking: Before and After B-School | The Rat Racer — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:15:41 +0000

[...] week, Monday to Friday. Apparently, after-work drinking is a big deal in Japanese culture (see these interesting links) and is meant to increase workplace [...]

By: On Drinking Too Much in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

On Drinking Too Much in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:32:16 +0000

[...] shot. If that co-worker is a superior, take two. You play this game at every single work party, or enkai, in [...]

By: On Getting Ramen (and a Hangover) in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:38:44 +0000

[...] realized my error, or, rather, my accuracy. In Japan, ramen is the perfect food for people prone to late nights full of excessive drinking, that is, Japanese professionals out on the [...]

By: 9 More Foods to Try (Or Try to Avoid) in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:22:18 +0000

[...] color of cherry blossoms. Also called baniku or bagushi. It’s available in many steak houses and izukayas and even served raw. One of the least appetizing Japanese food descriptions I’ve ever seen was [...]

By: On Not Being Funny in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

On Not Being Funny in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:27:20 +0000

[...] who isn’t Japanese. If you can break out a Japanese phrase, pour beer properly at an enkai or get on the right bus, it’s like watching a cat play the [...]

By: J-Cin Sundays: Battle Royale and Japanese Nationalism | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

Sun, 01 May 2011 14:01:34 +0000

[...] stoicism and in every tradition (the Hagakure even invented the formal ceremony of the drinking party), it is no longer the organizing ideal of Japanese political and military society, despite the best [...]

By: Round Up, Round Up! |

Round Up, Round Up! | — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:39:13 +0000

[...] Blog of the Week is This Japanese Life with awesome posts recently on everything from Combini to Enkai, two of my favorite things about Japan. He’s a great writer, and his posts are hilarious. If [...]

By: Dom

Dom — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:27:08 +0000

Thanks for the link! Nice post.

By: owwls

owwls — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:46:03 +0000

Thanks for the comment!

It’s also nice to find non-English-speaking foreigners in Japan! It’s nice to find Spanish-speaking folks around here, too; we’re blessed with a handful of Mexican restaurants. :)