Your Friend in Japan Goodbye to New York, examining Japan’s Buddhism and Shinto religions, Buddhist Altars, and fun linguistic coincidences 18 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 18 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. 18 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 18 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”? 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about “joshiki” (Common Sense) and the Japanese, negative aspects of this, and some thoughts on turkey 18 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 18 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! 18 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 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about Japanese swords, thoughts on the “horse with a heart mark” and government, and, can you ski? 18 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 18 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 18 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 (?)… 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Funny moments in Japan, Tokyo’s famous Asakusa district, and limitations of Japanese “humility” 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on biculturalism and Halloween, types of ramen you should try, and my fascination with Japanese females 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan NOVA goes “nova,” the latest trends in women dressed up as men, and little “incompatibilities” between Japan and the U.S. 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about the Japanese and shoes, the benefits of living in another time zone, and understanding the world through its taxis…? 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on innovation and cameras in cell phones, the “next” Brad Pitt as an Otaku, and update on all those lovely fires… 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Little differences between Japan and America like sandwiches, crime and honesty in Japan, and vending machine costumes? 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on how English loan words are used in Japanese, public affection in the English classroom, and the “V” sign 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan On the evolution of language into new forms, thoughts on internationally famous Japanese, and my connection with New Zealand 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Having fun with perceptions, all about Japanese steak, and my trip to a Caribbean Beach 19 years ago
