The Japanese Passenger on the Titanic
Among the fun things we're doing here in Las Vegas, we took the kids to see Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition ...
Among the fun things we're doing here in Las Vegas, we took the kids to see Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition ...
Well, it's the end of another year. Time to watch the parade of famous singers on this year's Kohaku Uta ...
We're still having fun here in Vegas, doing tourist-ey things with the kids like exploring interesting casinos and seeing what ...
The Japanese are extremely creative when it comes to language, and often invent new English words to describe the things ...
I wrote a few weeks ago about how I believed I'd "cracked the code" as to why Japanese animation is ...
Hello again from J-List, now in Las Vegas, where we've taken the kids for some post-Christmas relaxation. We hope you ...
Recently I wrote about how one of the more pleasant aspects of Japan was the high level of service you ...
Can you hear that endless mechanical noise? It's the sound of thousands of inkjet printers in Japan, grinding out nengajo, ...
Of course one of the most enjoyable things to do this time of year is...Christmas shopping. I'm quite a kurisumasu ...
Every language represents different challenges to learners. If I were to study a Romance language like Spanish, I'd need to ...
Manga are the famous Japanese comics that have come to define Japan around the world. Literally meaning "whimsical pictures," the ...
Christmas is a happy time in Japan, when couples can exchange gifts or maybe plan a special evening together, and ...
Life in Japan is quite different from back home in the States, and there were many things I needed to ...
The cornerstone of the Japanese television world is the "variety show," and although the Western stereotype of these programs isn't ...
The other day I sat my family in front of the TV to watch Up, the fantastic film by Disney/Pixar, ...
All things considered, it's nice to be able to speak Japanese. You can talk to people in Japan who you ...
There are two people named Amuro in Japanese popular culture. One of them is Amuro Ray, the young boy who ...
Part of Peter's Unified Theory of Japan is that the Japanese are (usually) guided by a mysterious "universal common sense" ...
J-List is a wonderful window to Japan on the web. Some awesome items you might consider this gift-giving season include ...
The other day I was watching a BBC documentary on ancient history, because BBC documentaries are awesome -- I hope ...
Anime is a window into Japanese society and a valuable resource for anyone hoping to understand this complex country. The ...
Japan has a lot of trains, which is a good thing because they also have a lot of densha otaku, ...
J-List remains in Super High Efficiency Mode, processing orders and getting them processed and out the door as quickly as ...
Each year the organization that publishes the Standardized Kanji Test announces the "kanji of the year," the character that best ...