Tag: culture

Hello again from all of us at J-List! I took an hour off work today to attend my daughter's "sankanbi," ...

Hello and "Akemashite Omedetou" from all of us at J-List! The New Year has just broken in California as I ...

Hello again and Happy Holidays from J-List! We're having fun in San Diego, relaxing and generally recharging our batteries. The ...

Hello again from Japan, the home of cars with great names like the Suzuki Perky. It's said in Japan that ...

Hello from your friendly neighborhood gaijin in Japan! First of all, congratulations to Yasu and his wife on the birth ...

Greetings from Japan, where a turn signal on a car is known as a "winker." We woke up to a ...

Hello again from your friends in Japan at J-List! The Japanese are very big on their four seasons, and have ...

Hello again from Japan, where the American shampoo Pert is marketed under the product name Rejoy. It's customary for various ...

Hello from Japan, where the word for violence is "rambo." Some customers have told us of problems loading some pages ...

Greeting from all your friends in Japan! All modern languages contain confusing and archaic elements of past languages, English not ...

Hello again from Japan, where basic drip coffee served in coffee shops is known as "American coffee." For a country ...

Greetings from Japan, where a corndog is known as an "American dog." I don't doubt that part of the reason ...

Hello again from Japan, where the most common kind of coffee ordered in restaurants here is known as "American coffee." ...

Hello again from Japan, where the 7-to-9 p.m. time slot on television is known as "golden time." Despite receiving six ...

Hello again from all of us in Japan! The first anniversary of the World Trade Center disaster was a sad ...

Hello from all of us at J-List! Well, Harumi's wedding at St. Marry's (sic) Church went off without a hitch. ...

Hello and TGIF from your friends in Japan! August is drawing to a close, and that means that summer vacation ...

Hello again from Japan. My wife and kids got home from the U.S. last night, so my quiet week spent ...

Greetings again from all of us in Japan! First of all, J-List updated or mail server software over the weekend, ...

Greetings and salutations from Japan! When I came to Japan in 1992, I excepted to see nothing but little tiny ...

Hello and Happy Monday from all of us in Japan! Summer has arrived, and that means that one of Japan's ...

Hello again from Japan, where "not by the hair of my chinny chin chin" means something else entirely! We hope ...

Greetings from J-List again, on this lovely Friday evening. This update is coming to you from Tokyo. I'm here on ...

Hello again from your friends in Japan! First of all, we apologize for the problems we had with the non-adult ...