Tag: convention

I'm having fun in Las Vegas, getting plenty of relaxing time in by the pool as I slowly recover from ...

Well, the San Diego Comic-Con is over, and I'm tired but still exhilarated from all the fun. We learned many ...

I do like my current life, living in Japan yet getting to visit the U.S. frequently to attend fun anime ...

It's time to mark a very special anniversary which has meant a lot to many of my generation. While you ...

Whenever I come to the U.S., my mind becomes a flurry of activity as I notice things that are different ...

We're done with the first day of Anime Expo, and have spent the day meeting and greetings thousands of J-List ...

Japan started its history more or less as a blank slate, with most of its architecture, religion and even written ...

I've written before about my wife's uncle, the World War II veteran who loves me since I'm the only one ...

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda surprised everyone by suddenly announcing his resignation on Monday. He's stepping down, he says, to ...

I get rather a lot of questions from readers interested in working in Japan as a teacher, and I do ...

Well, the party's over, and the San Diego Comicon is finished for another year. We had a huge amount of ...

We're deep in it at the San Diego Comicon ('scuze me, Comic-Con International, whatever) in our booth (#129), meeting and ...

In addition to lots of anime-related panels, video rooms and other interesting events, anime conventions are great because you can ...

If you ever want to appreciate your local Denny's, I advise you to go live in Japan for a few ...

There's nothing more interesting than studying a foreign language, of learning the way its unique grammatical rules work so you ...

We're here at Anime Expo, the most excellent anime-themed annual event there is, with something like 40,000 other fans who ...

Well, I've made the big hop from Japan to San Diego, in preparation for the upcoming Anime Expo, which is ...

When you study a language like Japanese, you learn many rules that make up the grammar, like the unique particles ...

One thing I like about being involved with Japan and anime is the "second childhood" it allows us all to ...

One of the defining features of the Japanese as a people is that they are generally kenson (KEN-son), that is, ...

The rush is on to choose a successor to Prime Minister Abe after his sudden resignation on Wednesday. I saw ...

The Japanese have a saying that they got from the Chinese that I mention from time to time: ningen banji, ...

Well, one weekend and a staggering 150,000 people later, the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con is past. It was a wild ...

Karaoke (pronounced kah-rah-OH-kay) is the famous Japanese tradition of getting up and singing in front of others. The word literally ...