Uchikura & Co Blog
2026-09-23
Knowing When to Cut Your Losses Is Part of Leadership When launching a new venture or service, every leader invests significant time and money, fully believing in its success. But things rarely go st...
2026-09-23
Knowing When to Cut Your Losses Is Part of Leadership When launching a new venture or service, every leader invests significant time and money, fully believing in its success. But things rarely go str...
2026-09-23
The Taste of Japan, Available in the USA A good bowl of soup often begins with something you cannot see: dashi. This Japanese stock adds depth and umami to soups, noodles, and many other dishes. Hyos...
2026-09-23
What I Learned from Publishing My First Book My first book, 88 Japanese Wisdom, was released on September 7. By September 22, it had sold 25 copies. Since the book is written in English, it makes s...
2026-09-23
The Signboard on Your Back In Japanese, 看板 (kanban) literally means “signboard”—the sign outside a shop that tells people its name. But a signboard represents more than a name. Over time, it comes ...
2026-09-23
The Candy Shop（駄菓子屋）in My Neighborhood In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a small candy shop called Midoriya in Midorigaoka-cho, Ashiya, where I grew up. I would go there with a ten-yen c...
2026-09-23
A Scene from Showa 昭和 Japan If you did not grow up in Japan, the word Showa may mean little to you. Showa was the era of Emperor Hirohito, lasting from 1926 to 1989. It included war and hardship, fol...
2026-09-22
ZETT: The Japanese Baseball Company Nobody Knows—or Do They? Ask an American baseball fan to name an equipment company, and you will probably hear Rawlings or Wilson. Ask about ZETT, and you may ge...
2026-09-22
Kakusei: A Word That Sounds Different Outside Anime In anime, kakusei (覚醒) often marks the moment a character discovers a hidden power. Their eyes change, their energy surges, and everyone realizes...
2026-09-22
A Small Bow Can Brighten the DayIn Japan, children are often taught to bow to drivers who stop for them at a crosswalk. After safely crossing the street, a child may turn toward the waiting car and...