By the Light of the Fireflies
It's funny how different inputs -- such as a simple song -- can push different emotional buttons depending on what ...
It's funny how different inputs -- such as a simple song -- can push different emotional buttons depending on what ...
Japan has the best Internet connectivity in the world, according to a newly released study which compared actual data-transfer rates ...
One of the nice things about living in Japan is the honesty and integrity people generally possess. A couple weeks ...
Who's your daddy? While Japan as a society is very much a meritocracy, with success largely going to those who ...
I've often been impressed with the open nature of discussion I've seen on Japanese television, with several shows that really ...
Names in Japanese are quite different from what we're usually used to in the West. Right off the bat, the ...
I'll never forget the moment. In my first year of SDSU, my family got a Japanese homestay student who stayed ...
Japan is always ready to surprise you in one way or another, and some of the business practices employed here ...
Hello again from J-List! I've made the hop from California back to Japan, and have once again slipped into my ...
Sunday was the centennial of the death of Lafcadio Hearn, one of the first gaijin to "turn Japanese" and live ...
Hello again from all of us at J-List!Rice is the staple food of Japan, and it's eaten pretty much two ...
Hello again from all of us at J-List!Rice is the staple food of Japan, and it's eaten pretty much two ...
Hello again from J-List!Japan is an interesting country, often being pulled this way or that by various outside influences. Japanese ...
Hello and TGIF from your friends in Japan! Transliteration is the act of transcribing from one writing system into another, ...
First of all, we had some server problems for the past days, which made the product images fail to appear ...
Hi again from Japan, where you bow to drivers when they give you the right of way (and I do ...
Hello again from Japan, where "UFO" and "VIP" are pronounced as words, not spelled out (e.g." you-foh" and "vipp"). All ...
Hello from Japan where kissing up to a superior is known as "grinding up the sesame seeds" (goma suri). First ...
Hello and happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Thanksgiving is a very American holiday, and when you live in another country as ...
Hello and TGIF from Japan, where it's believe that if you cut your fingernails at night, you won't be able ...
Hello again from all of us at J-List! First of all, there was a slight problem with the site for ...
Greetings from Japan, home of the original canned coffee (first canned in 1969 by the Ueshima Coffee Company of Kobe, ...
Hello again from Japan, home of cars with names like Bongo Friendee, Nissan Bluebird Sunny and Mitsubishi Thanks. It's interesting ...
Hello again from your friends in Japan! Rice is the national staple food of the Japanese, and almost everyone eats ...