Your Friend in Japan Education and high school dropouts in Japan, Japanese in touch with their history, and the biggest shock Japanese get when they go to the U.S. by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Being an American in Japan during Thanksgiving, subtleties of Japanese pronunciation, and a cultural lesson for PSP owners by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Coming to Japan from San Diego, changing Japanese views on alcohol, and Japan Autumn Report by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan A very Buddhist way of looking at your house pets, how to beat the Chinese at kanji, and thoughts on Japan’s future by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Interesting careers open to gaijin in Japan, getting used to strange words, and do you know what year it is? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan American uniqueness vs. Japanese uniformity, a new debate on “beautiful Japan” and the little joys of living in Japan by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan What Japanese think of foreigners who learn their language, odd ways to get cell phone customers, and American politics seen through Japanese eyes by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The Three Great Views of Japan, howling winds and volcanoes in my prefecture, and my wife’s strange link to Monty Python by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Things that can always freak a gaijin out, the Japanese penchant for talking over songs on the radio and what is a “real house”? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan A delicious food that brings people together, naughty words in Japanese, and the tragedy of “ijime” in Japan by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The triumphant return of an old Japanese favorite, a milestone for my son, and a source of sadness in Japanese society by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Foreign accents and how they work in Japan, daylight savings time in Japan, and the joy of root beer by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan American-style shopping in Japan, the shadow of MC Hammer in TV commercials, and what does baseball have to do with ham? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Checking one’s cultural preconceptions at the door, all about Tokyo and surrounding areas, and J-Drama update by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The social problems of “hikikomori,” a Japan population update, and budding awareness of a scary holiday by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Conflicting themes in the medical industry in Japan, all about convenience stores, and how our brain names objects by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Commomorating Karaoke Culture Day, a cruel joke on the population front, and all about mixed bathing in Japan by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan What’s up with those big eyes and colored anime hair, and, understanding Japan’s great Meiji Restoration adventure by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Japanese tricks to memorize anything, fun with “companions” in Tokyo, and thoughts on evangelical Buddhism by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan More on the concept of “senpai” including “gaijin seniority,” and the cutting edge of the female pachinko market by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Reasons why we hate living next to North Korea, all about the word ‘kawaii’ and a complex social concept by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Staying healthy with “Ningen Dock,” being tormented by images of Kyoto, and the Japan-Helen Keller connection by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Lessons we could learn from Japan about “safety driving,” pointing with the middle finger, and trivia on Japanese toilets by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Returning to my Otaku roots, my adventures in a “capsule hotel,” and what the Japanese really eat by Peter Payne 19 years ago
