Your Friend in Japan Learning about trust in a drinking establishment in Japan, why Japanese kids love New Year’s Day, and what is a “tish”? 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Happy New Year from J-List, observations on culture and gaijin, a dearth of new adults in Japan, and Japan as “supplier heaven” 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Back in Japan and getting ready for New Year’s, my respect for hard work, and a great way to get money in 2008! 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Comparing my kids Japanese and American personalities, more on what makes Japanese people tick, and all about sitting on the floor in Japan 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on Christmas in Japan vs. America, my surprising first Christmas in Japan, and Japanese food for poor single men 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Some thoughts on the series “Lost,” how to brighten a Japanese salaryman’s day, and how learning Japanese can get you fewer dates 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The interesting status of voice actors in Japan, shortening foreign words in English and Japanese, and ways that the Japanese aren’t so polite 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Needing a sixth sense to communicate with people from other countries, this year’s kanji, and all about “smorking” 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Goodbye to New York, examining Japan’s Buddhism and Shinto religions, Buddhist Altars, and fun linguistic coincidences 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan My hop to New York, narrowly dodging staying in the city’s worst hotel, and comparing it to the Star Wars Cantina 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan A big scandal in the Japanese Pentagon, fine dining in Tokyo, and Japan and its Beverly Hills 90210 connection. 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The plight of the poor Japanese taxi driver, finding government waste very close to home, and how to sound like a dirty old man in Japanese 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan On speaking a language without using sentence subjects, the joy of funny English all around me, and a golden “Santa-san”? 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about “joshiki” (Common Sense) and the Japanese, negative aspects of this, and some thoughts on turkey 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan My family treating me like an “American,” thoughts on learning a foreign language, and the pain of sitting in “seiza” style 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The joy of “onigiri” rice balls, observations on cooperative elements of Japanese language, and man, that’s a really Nice Boat! 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on Japan and group culture in anime, hard and difficult areas of Japanese, English etc., and various mysteries of life in Japan 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about Japanese swords, thoughts on the “horse with a heart mark” and government, and, can you ski? 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Foreigners’ relationship with Japanese slippers, International Pocky Day, and reading my wife’s English homework from 20 years ago 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Finding the geographic center of American English, adventures in New Zealand with plenty of sheep, and getting complimented on chopstick use 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan A useful Japanese slang word, changing in the Japanese savings rate, and one “key” to understanding Japan and America (?)… 19 years ago
