On Reading Japanese
One of the great mysteries of learning a non-Western language like Japanese is when your brain actually starts "reading" it ...
One of the great mysteries of learning a non-Western language like Japanese is when your brain actually starts "reading" it ...
Advertising in Japan is incredibly creative, and I sometimes find myself enjoying the way a message is delivered even though ...
The new Macross Frontier "Wings of Goodbye" (Sayonara no Tsubasa) movie opened yesterday, and being a dedicated Japan blogger and ...
I write often about how vague and imprecise the Japanese language can be, and how easy it is for foreigners ...
My high school entrance gift to my son was to get him an iPhone 4, so the other day we ...
One impression foreigners get when they come to Japan is how nice and polite most Japanese people are, always saying ...
Do you have a cat's tongue? If so, it means that you can't eat hot food or drink hot drinks, ...
In addition to updating J-List three times a week with slice-of-life news and observations from Japan and posting updates to ...
I recently saw a news article about U.S.-based Auntie Anne's Pretzels, which had opened its first location in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. ...
First of all, we've launched a new email format for our customers that receive our popular J-List emails, which can ...
One of the more unique snacks in Japan is taiyaki, essentially a fish-shaped cake made with pancake batter and containing ...
Over the weekend we went to our favorite Indian restaurant for curry, tandoori chicken and that heavenly naan bread that ...
One of the joys of living in Japan is the high level of service you generally experience in restaurants and ...
The idea that America is more "free" than Japan is one I've encountered quite often during my ESL teaching days. ...
One impression of the Japanese language I got soon after arriving here was one of "duality," and it seemed that ...
Japan can be a very stylish place, especially in the cities, and whenever I take a trip down to Tokyo ...
In other news, I'm happy to announce that, okagesama de, my son passed his high school entrance exams. Since his ...
As with any language, Japanese has certain weirdness built into it. There are, of course, words for occupations which have ...
It's official: China has surpassed Japan as the world's second largest economy after the United States, reaching an estimated GDP ...
Today is Valentine's Day, a day when males in Japan look forward to receiving chocolate from girlfriends, wives, daughters, etc. ...
Tuesday is an auspicious day for the Web: the 10th anniversary of the "All Your Base are Belong To Us" ...
Being an American in Japan has been a good opportunity to learn more about...England. Yes, Japan has always had a ...
Japan uses kanji characters to communicate written meaning, a system that has worked for the Chinese for the past 3000 ...
Today is an adventure for my son: his juken, or high school entrance exam, which he's prepared for all year. ...