Autumn, Beautiful Leaves and Kotatsu
Autumn is starting to make its presence known in Japan, with beautiful hues of red and orange and yellow starting ...
Autumn is starting to make its presence known in Japan, with beautiful hues of red and orange and yellow starting ...
One fact about learning Japanese I've written about before is the odd "duality" your brain starts to perceive. In general, ...
I happened to see that the venerable Ticonderoga Pencil Company had brought out a line of pencils that are "bacteria ...
The changes in Japan's political world continue, as the Democratic Party of Japan works to implement its "Manifesto" of campaign ...
Over the weekend I had some fun with my copy of Macross Ultimate Frontier, a superb game for the Sony ...
I wrote recently about the "peace" sign that the Japanese are fond of making whenever they see a camera, despite ...
Japan is a great country, and I like living here a lot. But no matter how long I stay here, ...
I've achieved a small milestone in my life, finally finishing the first manga I ever picked up. The series was ...
If you want to watch a Japanese person count mentally, ask them how many years they studied English. The answer ...
One of the themes I cover a lot is how there always seems to be a "right" way of doing ...
Sadly, Japan is a country with a high suicide rate, at around 30,000 annually, which is approximately the same number ...
Over the weekend I went to my daughter's annual school bazaar, which means that my life became a "school festival" ...
One of my favorite things about Japan are the trains. Perhaps it's because I'm from a country where "rail life" ...
Another interesting aspect of Japanese is that there's not just one writing system, but four -- hiragana for fundamental grammar, ...
Each language has various unique features. One of the interesting aspects of Japanese is that there are multiple first- and ...
October is here, and that means a few things in Japan. First of all, it's the designated time for koromo-gae ...