Season Gifts in Japan: Oseibo and Ochugen
Although Christmas is a relatively recent import into Japan, the giving and receiving of gifts has always been a big ...
Although Christmas is a relatively recent import into Japan, the giving and receiving of gifts has always been a big ...
Although rice is the staple food of Japan, eaten with almost every meal, the Japanese are no slouches when it ...
Keeping warm in Japan is not the easiest thing in the world, especially when you're from San Diego, a city ...
Each year the organization that publishes the Standardized Kanji Test announces the "kanji of the year," the single character that ...
Without a doubt, one of the more interesting aspects of anime is the way it uses strong emotions to heighten ...
Anime as a whole has proved remarkably adept at insinuating itself in the hearts and minds of fans all over ...
One of the good things about teaching ESL in Japan was learning my own language. Languages are based on rules ...
In my Twitter feed I post various things, including new items added to the J-List site, random anime pictures I've ...
Over the weekend I did my duty as a Japan blogger and went to see the Space Battleship Yamato live ...
I write a lot about the different memes that come along in Japan, and how they interact with the Internet ...
Outside my office at J-List, a fire truck has just driven by, just like it does every evening this time ...
Every once in a while I'm reminded suddenly that...I live in Japan. It could be a sudden earthquake causing my ...
There's more to communication than just words, especially in a country like Japan. Often a negative opinion is expressed indirectly, ...
I wrote last time about how names work in Japanese, and how it can be fun to assign kanji to ...
Today is the "roadshow" (movie release) of the Space Battleship Yamato live-action film, Japan's newest attempt at merging one of ...
Well, December is here, and everyone is very busy. The old Japanese name for December is Shiwasu, which today is ...