“Sensei, do you want to try one?” I looked up and saw an eye-catching, rectangular shape wrapped in crinkly plastic in my coworker’s outstretched hand. “Sure! What is it?” “It’s candy… But you might not like the texture. It’s like jelly? Gummy? I can’t explain.” Intrigued, I bit into it —...
What’s a goshuin, you ask? Simply put, they are the best things ever. To put it more informatively, they’re red and black collectable stamps that you can receive at many shrines and temples across Japan! They act as a kind of record, so people can always remember where they have...