Strange English in Japan
The Japanese use a lot of English, but it's not always easy for gaijin to figure out what's being said. ...
The Japanese use a lot of English, but it's not always easy for gaijin to figure out what's being said. ...
The word "salaryman" is a wasei-eigo (lit. "made-in-Japan English") term referring to a salaried male employee of a company. The ...
One thing foreigners visiting Japan should be sure and try is "real" ramen. Thanks to its cheapness, virtually everyone in ...
While most people in the U.S. probably opt for a shower to get clean, in Japan hopping in the furo ...
Yesterday we went to visit my wife's uncle in the hospital. Making a hospital visit to a sick friend or ...
One thing that's fun about having kids is all the creative observations they make. Like the time my daughter saw ...
2008 marks a special event: the 1000th anniversary of the completion of The Tale of Genji, the famous story penned ...
I was recently asked "Are Japanese afraid of gaijin?" It was an interesting question which I had to think on ...
You never know what's going to become popular in Japan next. It could be a new variation on the Maid ...
Japan is a great place with a lot to offer many people, whether you're interested in learning the language, making ...
You've been in Japan to long when, while driving on a two-lane road, you know the lane nearest the curb ...
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is the latest film by Hayao Miyazaki, and it's been quite an event ...
Sometimes I think my family would make the basis for an interesting anime series, along the lines of Darling wa ...
When you think of traditional images from the Edo Period, firemen probably don't immediately spring to mind. And yet for ...
The Japanese, they take their gift-giving seriously, a fact that I was reminded of while in Tokyo yesterday. I was ...
You can pick almost any area to compare Japan with the U.S.: history, culture, sports -- or if you like, ...
Do you that rustling noise? It's the sound of millions of Japanese students, mostly in junior high and high school, ...