Your Friend in Japan The custom of gift-giving in Japan, the problem of Japanese forgetting kanji, and my kids’ approach to bilingualism 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Challenges of international marriage, housing issues in Japan, and all about Japanese bread (pan) 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan My wife’s new respect for Johnny Depp, 15 minutes of fame for Baby Gorilla and Pyupa, and High School Baseball in Japan 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan August and Yasukuni Shrine, a very Buddhist holiday, and small drinks and Japanese girls’ butts 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Differences between Japanese and English, how to say “like” in Japanese, and what’s up with that wax food? 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Understanding Japan through job resumes, reflections on the word “otaku” and Obi-Wan on our “point of view” 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan More reflections on “freedom” and how it relates to James Dean, my trip to the Moon, and Japanese “standing nails” 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Observations on America as a “free” country, what that means to the Japanese, and questions about Burger King and Dairy Queen 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Things Japanese don’t expect gaijin to be able to do, learning proverbs in Japanese, and reflections on my childhood 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on raising kids bilingual, the origin of the name “Atari” and Our RV Trip 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Culture shock related to cars, subtleties of language, and all about Japanese pocket tissue 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The end of Comicon again, thoughts on math and the abacus, and strategies for communication 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Some useful phrases for making a good impression in Japanese, Japan and the sweet potato-bank ATM connection, and fun at the San Diego Comicon 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about bowing, something America has that Japan does not, and a strange buzzing sound 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan My Narita Reconsideration, a very useful Japanese mantra, and an important virtue for Japanese to have 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Comparing cars in Japan and America, culture shock I get in my home country, and Americans don’t like to say “goodbye” 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The value of spending a year abroad, various definitions of “bilingual,” and observations on Japanese females 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Fun in my Miata, all about Sake and what to avoid, and the sound of silence in Japanese 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan What you can learn about public baths from Street Fighter II, Japan and Yellow Cabs, and the end of 0% 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The end of Anime Expo 2006, North Korea and their damn missles, and views on my ESL teaching days 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Notes from Anime Expo, culture shock and toilets, all about MOS Burger, and fun in Graceland 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Back in the USA (and sleepy), English and my son’s spelling, and a theory of macro-economics 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Fun with my talking car, the act of reading Japanese, and new business ideas in Japan 20 years ago
