Japanese PTA Hell
My wife is having a challenging time right now. Our daughter starts the sixth grade in April, and by unwritten ...
My wife is having a challenging time right now. Our daughter starts the sixth grade in April, and by unwritten ...
The Season of the Sakura has come to Japan, and all throughout the country cherry trees are exploding like beautiful ...
The two major political parties in Japan are the ruling Liberal Democrat Party, which is conservative and friendly to big ...
Like most other expats living in Japan, I've got a special relationship with...McDonald's. Back when I was getting used to ...
Last time I talked about words in English that happen to have meaning in Japanese, too. We keep coming up ...
Do you know the story of the "homeless junior high school student"? When Hiroshi Tamura was was just ten, his ...
I'll tell you about the scariest thing to happen to be since coming to Japan. I'm a big fan of ...
Languages overlap each other in interesting ways, and it's always fun to observe these accidental similarities, like how casa means ...
Spring vacation is finally here, and all through Japan children are getting ready to enjoy a well deserved two week ...
I had fun over the weekend, heading into Tokyo to go drinking with some friends. We hit the "Lost in ...
The history of Buddhism in Japan is long, going back to the very beginning of the country's historical age, since ...
There are many good things about living in Japan. For one thing, it's a world of potentially endless mystery, where ...
Japan has a new ambassador, and it's...Doraemon? Yes, the well-known robot cat from the future has been designated as the ...
Although it'd be a stretch to call a homogeneous country like Japan a "melting pot," modern Japanese society does represent ...
The next time you're in Japan, I suggest you check out the maid cafes that can be found mostly around ...
Who's your daddy? While Japan as a society is very much a meritocracy, with success largely going to those who ...
It's funny how different senses can bring out different memories. With Easter approaching, my mother sent us a care package ...
Hayao Miyazaki is the animator and director that's brought so many wonderful films to the world, from Totoro to Kiki's ...
The human mind is very good at recognizing patterns, which is why we can see floating rabbits when we look ...
Obi-wan Kenobi said it best: a lot of the reality we perceive depends on our point of view. I've talked ...
One of the joys of being a long-term gaijin in Japan is eventually building a house here. Houses in Japan ...
Tokyo is the sprawling capital of Japan, home to 12 million people, a number which rises by several million during ...
One thing I like about being involved with Japan and anime is the "second childhood" it allows us all to ...