Japanese Era Names: Heisei
Do you know what year it is? I often don't, thanks to the Japanese custom of counting years according to ...
Do you know what year it is? I often don't, thanks to the Japanese custom of counting years according to ...
As a student of Japanese pop culture, I like to observe how 2D characters evolve and change with each new ...
While some may mark the arrival of spring through the traditional appearance of a groundhog or other mythical creature, in ...
Words are complex things, which naturally won't always match up on a 1:1 basis with words in another language. A ...
A lot of foreigners want to come work in Japan, but aren't so keen on working in the field usually ...
One part of Peter's Unified Theory of Japan™ is that the country follows behind the West socially, taking its cues ...
One aspect of Japan I like very much is the way people are generally open to debate and free thought ...
Whenever two cultures come into contact, there's a sharing of language on both sides. This is why we all know ...
Although I generally like my adopted country of Japan, there are a few aspects of life here that aren't so ...
I often write about how Japan is a homogeneous place in which 98.5% of the people consider themselves to be ...
One of the joys of watching anime is, of course, the incredible high quality of the seiyu, the voice actors ...
Even while it continues to help the Tohoku region recover from the terrible earthquake and tsunami of two years ago, ...
The other day I went with my wife to eat at our favorite soba noodle restaurant. After a strapping young ...
One of my favorite aspects of Japan is definitely the train culture here, and it's always fun to take a ...
I like to think I've made the most of my time in Japan, having a wide range of experiences in ...
Over the weekend I went to Tokyo to meet with some friends for beers and Osaka-style kushi-katsu (pork cutlet and ...
I've got a few hobbies, including reciting lines from all Tom Hanks movies in a Forrest Gump voice and trolling ...
Yesterday I took a drive to Takasaki, part of the Takasaki-Maebashi-Isesaki tri-city area in our home prefecture of Gunma. I ...
Over the years certain companies have found success here in Japan, including Nestle (they celebrate a century of selling coffee ...
One thing I like about the Japanese is their interesting way of looking at things, which is often very creative. ...
One thing about Japanese women which amuses my wife no end is their pre-conceived notions about what it's like when ...
One thing I write about often is how the Japanese are very sensitive to how they're viewed internationally, and how ...
One big trend over the past few years has been "otaku marketing," tying product brands to anime series that fans ...
Today marks the second anniversary of the terrible magnitude 9 earthquake that struck northern Japan and triggered deadly tsunamis, transforming ...