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Last time I wrote about the concept of "bottle keep," which is when you pre-purchase a bottle of liquor for ...
Last time I wrote about the concept of "bottle keep," which is when you pre-purchase a bottle of liquor for ...
This morning my car (which has a "car navi" that greets me and tells me interesting trivia) reported that today, ...
One concept in Japan I like a lot is shinrai (SHEEN-rye), which just means "trust," although as is usually the ...
I write a lot about wacky Japanese television because, well, it's so wacky. While I do my best to correct ...
Over the weekend I went down to Tokyo to meet with a friend I hadn't seen in a while. My ...
It never fails: you're just going along, minding your own business when suddenly Japan comes out of nowhere and surprises ...
One of the defining features of the Japanese people is humility, known as kenson (ken-sohn). This manifests itself in interesting ...
I remember when I first started learning Japanese, I wondered how Japanese text entry could work on a computer. I ...
Tomorrow is Setsubun, a fun day for anyone with small kids in Japan. Originally falling on New Year's Eve of ...
As you probably know, I love Japan's culture of onsen, bathing in volcanic hot springs. But nothing good in life ...
I'm currently catching up on various anime shows, including the hilarious Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Gainax's ribald new anime ...