Tag: culture

It's fun to try to understand Japan by thinking about its culture from new directions, for example through the aesthetic ...

The Japanese like nothing more than to be recognized internationally for their achievements, which is why the popularity of anime/manga ...

Japan is a wonderful country full of great people and amazing culture. One thing it's not, however, is a land ...

We hope everyone in the U.S. enjoyed a warm and pleasant Thanksgiving with family and friends. It's not a holiday ...

The other day I watched Pacific Rim, a movie I'd not managed to catch in theaters due to my convention ...

The anime industry has certainly gone through changes over the years. You could break it down into different eras, perhaps ...

I took a couple of days off this week to travel with an Italian friend of mine to Hakone, a ...

Like many people in Japan, I am a 風呂人 furo-bito, or a person who likes taking baths in natural hot ...

Maid cafes have become one of the more famous images of modern Japan, and when foreigners visit Akihabara they'll often ...

The Japanese are masters when it comes to committing information to memory, like the man who memorized pi to 100,000 ...

It's funny the way culture reflects language and vice-versa. One phrase you'll hear sometimes in Japanese is 天下の tenka no~, ...

There are many things about the Japanese that can cause foreigners to scratch our heads in confusion, and I thought ...

Over the weekend I went to my son's high school to attend his last 文化祭 bunka-sai or culture festival, since ...

I write often about the word 常識 joushiki, which means "common sense," e.g. the common beliefs and opinions shared by ...

A couple days ago a newspaper in the U.K. published an article about the declining interest in sex by many ...

I've written before that two of the most important foods to any culture are beans and pickles, two food categories ...

There are many sides to Japanese pop culture, including anime, manga, moe-kei games, and cosplay. Another category with a long ...

A new anime season is upon us, and I'm doing my best to keep up with the flood of new ...

When studying a language, it's not uncommon to encounter a word that that's difficult to translate on a 1-to-1 basis. ...

Food can be an important bridge between cultures, something Yasu and I are certainly learning here in the American South. ...

Well, our time at Anime Weekend Atlanta is done, and we're sorry to see it end. We had a blast, ...

I write a lot about memes because they're an interesting form of communication in the 21st century. Memes, of course, ...

Over the weekend I went down to Tokyo to attend a musical event put on by NitroPlus. It was a ...

One of the more unique aspects of Japan is its homogeneous society in which 98% of the people consider themselves ...