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
Your Friend in Japan Going to ge a haircut and learning about Japanese culture instead, when Japanese people must become bold, and using songs to master Japanese by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Learning about the brain through Madagascar, how names work in kanji in Japan, and a bizarre murder in Tokyo by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Peter’s Unified Theory of Japan meets Great Britain, going to the beach in January, and understanding Japan through its bicycles by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about our bath in Japan, the concept of Japanese-style “trust,” and what’s up with Vermont Curry? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The art of faux pas in Japan, Internet-influenced advertising trends, and 100 “geniuses” the Japanese respect by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Coming of Age Day in Japan, on Japanese puns used in TV commercials, and right wing politics at work in Japan by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Learning about how your brain works through Japanese, looking back on Japan since 1991, and services gaijin render to Japan by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Learning your own language by teaching ESL, funny English used in Japan, and all about chopsticks by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Happy New Year from J-List, and some information about the Year of the Pig and something with the cool name of “Sexegenary Cycle” by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about New Year’s Eve and Oshogasu in Japan, the big Kohaku TV event, and a New Year’s Card from us! by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The start of Japan’s important Holiday Season, a local battle over a Ferris Wheel, and understanding Japanese humility through baseball players by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Extremely warm Christmas greetings from Guam, comparisons of Christmas, and using a “contrite attitude” to get government documents by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan What the Japanese think of Americans, our trip to Guam, and ah, the smell of kerosene in the morning by Peter Payne 19 years ago
