On the Japanese concept of “normal,” ideas that Japanese can’t come up with, and how to be rude to the Emperor
Hello again from J-List. We're still enjoying our vacation in the U.S., this time in beautiful San Luis Obispo, where ...
Month: December 2005
Japanese Daruma, the seasonal nature of Japan, and a sad day for Japan’s Adult Video World
One of the coolest images of Japan, to me, are the Daruma, the unique red, roundish dolls that are quite ...
A watershed year for Japan, notes on Japanese education and university life, and Alo-Hello USA!
Hello from sunny San Diego. We've made the hop from Japan to the U.S. to enjoy our first Christmas at ...
Japan’s discovery of asbestos, difficulties fitting in in Japan, and even more on Japanese and English
It's often said that Japanese society follows behind the West by one or two decades or so, and time and ...
Cold and snow in Japan, the Japanese vs Albert Einstein, and Japanese studying “best practices”
Hello from freezing, windy Japan! The country has been hit by a cold front of Siberian winds that have chilled ...
Japan’s lack of faith in construction, new foods you can eat in Japan, and the J-List Year-End Party
Japan is a nation founded on construction, and much of the country's modern economy is derived from building roads, bridges, ...
Japan’s lack of faith in construction, new foods you can eat in Japan,
Japan is a nation founded on construction, and much of the country's modern economy is derived from building roads, bridges, ...
Christmas vs. Buddhism in Japan, all about New Year’s, and a Japanese math problem for you to solve
The Christmas holiday means different things to different people, and each country has its own way of observing it. By ...
NHK and Japanese history, a shocking fire at 3 am, and the living-challenged in Japan
Well, the popular historical drama Yoshitsune has come to an end, and what an end it was. Every year Japan's ...
All about the busy month of December, Japanese dialectology, and the new color of money
We've entered that hectic time near the end of the year that the Japanese call shiwasu, which was originally the ...
Japanese recommendations for living longer, sadness in the news, and all about capsule toys
The Japanese are some of the longest-lived people on the planet, with women living 84 years and men 78 years, ...
Japanese concepts of friendship, my life as “Santa-san” and phone straps from the Edo Period
It's funny how how tenuous the meanings of seemingly basic words can be. In English, the word "friend" is pretty ...
A new way of thinking about Japanese animation, and this year’s Japanese slang words
Japanese animation has been a huge influence on the West over the years, and there are many ways that American ...
