Your Friend in Japan How to sub-divide Japanese groups into “zoku” (tribes), all about Japanese rice, and what’s that blue spot on Taro’s butt? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan How Cup Ramen became a part of our food culture, a new trend in vending machines, and my thoughts on the enigma of the “Japanese Female” by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about Mt. Fuji, how taking responsibility can lead to cleaner bathrooms, and thoughts on bathing and how the brain works by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The Japanese concept of “joshiki” (common sense), why there are rice fields everywhere in Japan, and would you pay $3500 to meet Michael Jackson? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The needless tragedy of ‘ijime,’ what’s easy and hard about learning Japanese, and the Japanese as the most expressive people on the planet by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about trains and fuzzy blue rabbits from London, linguistic quirks of the Japanese language, and finding someone’s “secret talent” by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The origins of Japan’s cult of “studying,” more warm weather for Tokyo, and the latest in Otaku Culture from Japan by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan On the relationship of foreigners and the Japanese, the “gaijin samurai” and an unexpected crime wave in Japan by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Japan as the land of the middle class, thoghts on Japan and Krispy Kreme, and fun Japanese things you can put on your car by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The “Princess Di” of Japan, about Japan as a “vertical” society, and I can see the Sphinx from my house by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Understanding Japanese society through business cards, some fun Japanese words that are pregnant with meaning, and all about Shinjuku by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Japan as the land of safety, small conveniences of living in Japan, and the reason for that wacky “Engrish” by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan A new appreciation for American medicine, all about the word ‘baka’ and a really annoying girl in a yellow dress who I can’t stop listening to… by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The history of Valentine’s Day in Japan, thoughts on why the Japanese are so harmonious, and a really cute picture of the Yamato by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The warmest winter ever in Japan, all about the Japanese kanji character ‘ki’ and excitement at my son’s school by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan A Yakuza gang war in Tokyo, my trip to the concrete jungle of Tokyo, and how the wisdom of China is at work in Japan today by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The reality of “learning Japanese,” Japan’s special relationship with garbage, and the history of the Japanese Postal Mark by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Shrinking the Earth and watching Football, all about the word “sumimasen” and the four islands of Japan by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Understanding world culture through Japanese hip hop music, thinking about thinking in a foreign language, and out with devils! by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoghts on learning Japanese back in 1987, the many nuances of Japanese name suffixes, and being romantic under an umbrella by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Culture shock for foreigners coming to Japan, reflections on the Japanese word “nantonaku” and test culture as a Great Democritizer in Japan by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan How the iTunes Japan store reflect Japan’s oddities, my mother-in-law and our old sofa, and understanding Japan through Big Macs by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about Japan’s most enigmatic food natto, how reading your Hemingway can help you under modern otaku culture, and a happy day for a town in Japan by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan About police and “police boxes” in Japan, learning to mispronounce your own language, and various meanings of “genki” by Peter Payne 19 years ago
