Embarrassments of being a foreigner in Japan, Japan’s latest “rose boom” and words that feature a unique kanji
Hello again from Japan, where the zipper in your pants is known as the "window of society" (shakai no mado).As ...
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The cell phone industry in Japan, ways that language reflects culture, and buying a “mansion”
The local cell phone industry has been turned on its ear by the news that Europe's Vodafone was quitting the ...
All about trains and fuzzy blue rabbits from London, linguistic quirks of the Japanese language, and finding someone’s “secret talent”
One thing I like about living in Japan is the rail culture here, so very different from the freeway- and ...
The warmest winter ever in Japan, all about the Japanese kanji character ‘ki’ and excitement at my son’s school
We've been watching the extra-cold winter dumping lots of snow on the U.S. this year and feeling more than a ...
Understanding Japan through job resumes, reflections on the word “otaku” and Obi-Wan on our “point of view”
One way to compare Japan's more structured society with the U.S. and Europe is to look at the standardized Japanese ...
Fun in my Miata, all about Sake and what to avoid, and the sound of silence in Japanese
We're quite a Mazda family around here, with a Miata in San Diego, a Miata (or "Roadster," which Japanese think ...
The Season of the Sakura in Japan, and all about motorcycling across Japan
It's sakura time in Japan right now, as cherry blossoms around the country explode in beautiful fireworks of pink. This ...
Greetings from J-List December 26, 2003
Hello again from all your friends at J-List!In my general overview of the Japanese language and collection of advice for ...
Greetings from J-List April 11, 2003
Hello and TGIF from your friends in Japan! One thing that's often a shock to outgoing, cheerful Westerners is the ...
Greetings from J-List December 29, 2001
Greetings from Japan, where tako salad always contains fresh octopus. We had great time at the J-List year-end party last ...
Greetings from J-List November 21, 2001
Greetings from Japan, where it's not polite to stick your chopsticks straight up in your rice ("only dead people" do ...
Greetings from J-List August 23, 2001
Hello again from Japan, the home of words like "virgin road" and "shutter chance." Part of the Japanese sense of ...
High Fantasy Heroines Confront the Darkness
What if terrifying and beautiful high fantasy villains gathered to defeat the forces of light? The Swamp Witch from Queen's ...
Thiccest Thighs Restore Fighting Game Lives
There's no shortage of Japanese fighting games, or anime based on them. Or powerful fighting girls. Who's the most attractive, ...
Tsundere Anime Girls Who Don’t Care What You Think
Tsundere anime girls are a hallmark of anime and manga. They're typically the Best Girl in their respective series. They ...
Coming Spring 2023: Oshi no Ko
For anime, you’ve got no shortage of plots about dying and reincarnation. What if you instead wind up being reborn ...
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These
Dr. Tanaka Yoshiki's Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Ginga Eiyū Densetsu) has long been a benchmark for modern Japanese science ...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Jojo!
Recently I asked J-List customers what anime they hated, and unsurprisingly, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure was one of the shows some ...
A Crash Course Dive into JoJo’s Anime Adaptations
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure needs no introduction but demands one. Created by the talented and seemingly ageless Hirohiko Araki, the long-running ...
2020, a Silver Lining Capping off an Amazing 20 Years
It’d be foolish to pretend that 2020 hasn’t been without hardship or undesired changes across the board. Nonetheless, as the ...
The Strange Story of Voltes V and Anime in the Philippines
(Source: IMDB) The Philippines has had a fascinating connection with Japan going back centuries. While Filipino otakudom may not be ...
