Tag: culture

Being an anime fan means more than just enjoying pretty moe girls and watching robots battle each other: it's a ...

I like digging around in Japanese history to find interesting little tidbits. In 1853, Admiral Matthew Perry sailed his "black ...

Japan's toilet culture is quite unique, especially when you're coming from the outside. First, there are two types of toilets ...

Soon after arriving in Japan, I walked to a Seven Eleven to buy some onigiri, those triangle-shaped rice balls that ...

As you probably know, I love Japan's culture of onsen, bathing in volcanic hot springs. But nothing good in life ...

Big changes may be coming to Japan's online world with the announcement that Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of the infamous BBS ...

Japan's entertainment world, which encompasses all actors, singers, anime voice actors, bikini idols and everyone else in the public eye, ...

It seems there's no aspect of Japan that can't be made more kawaii. Whether it's a big, faceless bank adopting ...

It's interesting to see what kinds of cultural issues you can learn about from anime. I'm currently hooked on Toradora, ...

Today is New Year's Eve, known in Japan by the odd-sounding name of o-miso-ka, which sounds like it means "Big ...

Tokyo is a large and complex place. Many areas of the city are famous for different things, like Akihabara for ...

It's well known that bowing is something done in Japan as a greeting or to express respect or apology. There ...

"Overseas dramas" are as popular as ever here in Japan, and thousands of fans follow American series like Damages or ...

In Japanese politics, as elsewhere, certain words or phrases get permanently attached to politicians. When Shinzo Abe came into office ...

When I first got to Japan, I had plenty of culture shock related to automobiles. Cars are very important to ...

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

Today marks an interesting 10-year anniversary: the first legal performance of a Japanese song in South Korea, when singer Tomoe ...

Like most questions related to Japan, religion is complex and interesting. The major religion of Japan is Buddhism, distributed among ...

A nation is defined by several factors, including language, geography and politics, but also by its shared mythology. In America ...

The word "salaryman" is a wasei-eigo (lit. "made-in-Japan English") term referring to a salaried male employee of a company. The ...

You can pick almost any area to compare Japan with the U.S.: history, culture, sports -- or if you like, ...

Japan's next Prime Minister has been decided, and as expected, it's to be Taro Aso, who received more than 95% ...

Would you get your car serviced at a Speed Racer Service Center? I sure would. It's an interesting gimmick by ...

Although anime has become a part of our world culture, watched by fans from all over the globe, the word ...