Hello, this is NIFS!
2008-09-19

[Seasonal Life Tips / Freeze cooked rice]

If you leave cooked rice for long time, they will start to smell.
To preserve rice longer, divide it into single portions and wrap them in microwave-use plastic wrap or microwave-use containers and put them in a freezer.
The rice will taste good when reheated in the microwave.

[Nara Lifestyle Guide / School Expenses Assistance]
http://www.nifs.or.jp/mobile/eng/guide/childcare/childcare06.html

[Ask a Foreigner: What I like about Nara living / Carefully preserved historical sites]

What I like about Nara is that Nara people look after their historical sites.
Many historical sites remain in their original form.
When one sees these buildings and streets that were the stage of historical events, one’s thoughts are bought back to those days.
I think this is very good for young people’s education.
I think that if these young people who have become dependent on the internet and do not think very much about their country in their everyday activities come to Nara, they will be able to actually feel what happened long ago in their own country.

(Female from Bacolod (Philippines) 1 year residence in Nara)