Your Friend in Japan Friday the 13th and superstitions from Japan, thoughts on how to approach learning, and my take on Heroes and Japanese actors 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan On reverse culture shock, phases kids go through in Japan, and all about Japanese TV 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan More on the language of men and women, the Jerusalem of Otakuism, and all about sex and nudity in Japan (cool!) 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The lack of patriotic songs in Japan, what happened in our prefecture during WWII, and a useful word for Atari fans 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Being sick in Japan and America, the concept of “political correctness” in Japanese, and all about Japan’s famous alcoholic drink, sake 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Anime Expo update, advice on traveling in Japan, on the idea of Japan as “#81” and two words every pop Japanologist must know 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Getting ready for Anime Expo, all about Japanese name endings, tips on gift-giving, and thoughts on Japan and the iPhone 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan On watching Shrek 2 in Osaka Dialect, frustration at the correct way to pronounce “Appatomatox” and thoughts on returning home 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Japan’s latest “boom” is Tae Bo, all about the Three Great Unifiers of Japan, and managing by studying Japanese history 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Our plan to “reform” our home in Japan, the joys of getting citizenship, and times when Japan just throws you for a loop 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Dire straights for the Nova Bunny, Japanese test culture and manga artists, and all about Japanese democracy 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The only country where eating quietly is strange, how ethanol can affect the price of soy sauce, and gaijin drinking rules 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about “castle towns,” the use of euphsmisms in daily life in Japan, and funny English you can try at home 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Japan dealing with counterfeit products from China, understand society and economics through Bull-Dog Sauce, and 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The Japanese fascination with movies about New York and Audrey Hepburn, thoughts on home-owning in Japan, and the Japanese take on “Kamikaze” 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The challenge of raising kids in a foreign country, more on the shrine China and Korea love to hate, and a Shinto ceremony in my living room 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan More ways that Japanese group dynamics operate, linguistic land mines, and how to really appreciate Pop Tarts and Peanut Butter 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Understanding group culture through photography, all about Social Security in Japan, and would you like “lice” with your bento? 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Back in Japan again, thoughts on social uses of alcohol in Japan (and “nomunication”), and all about sumo wrestling 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan More fun at Star Wars Celebration IV, all about Japanese bathing, and some interesting ways you can study Japanese (or anything) 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Star Wars group geekout update, the linguistic roots of Japanese, and psychology through TV commercials 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan What a difference an elongated vowel makes, Jamestown vs. Sekigahara, and other cultural observations from a cunning linguist 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Weird new products in the U.S., getting Japanese onomatopoeia on the brain, and what to the Japanese think of us? 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about the Japanese attention to “kakko” (style), feelings about Japanese who make the country look good (and bad), and “Vegas, baby, Vegas.” 19 years ago
