Tag: culture

Hello again from Japan, where a movie release is called "road show" for reasons that are completely unfathomable to me. ...

Hello again to everyone from J-List! Japan's name in Japanese is "nihon" which is written with the characters for "sun" ...

Hello again from Japan, home of tako-yaki, delicious batter-balls with tako (octopus) meat inside! Because the names of foreigners are ...

Hello again from all of us in Japan! Japan can be a funny place. Although it's one of the most ...

Hello from J-List, this time coming to you from Las Vegas! It's one thing to go from Japan to San ...

Hello again from your friend in Japan, J-List! In many ways the Chinese language is to Asia what the ancient ...

Greetings from Japan, where tako salad always contains fresh octopus. We had great time at the J-List year-end party last ...

Hello again from your good friends in Japan! When foreigners come to Japan for the first time, one of the ...

Hello and greetings again from J-List! First of all, we apologize if this mail reaches you multiple times. We're having ...

Hello again from Japan, where going to Kentucky always means eating chicken. The psyche of Japanese men can be a ...

Greetings and salutations from your friends at J-List! Our warmest Thanksgiving wishes to everyone on this American holiday weekend. Thanksgiving ...

Greetings from Japan, where it's not polite to stick your chopsticks straight up in your rice ("only dead people" do ...

Greetings from Japan, where "that's true" means "no" and people bow while talking on the phone (I do it too...). ...

Hello again from your good friends at J-List! When encountering another culture, it's often easy to get a self-centered vision ...

Greetings from Japan, where a man's fly is referred to as his "shakai no madow" (or "window of society")... The ...

Well, Friday is here in Japan, and everyone at J-List is ready for a hard-earned weekend. I was asked about ...

Hello again from your good friends in Japan, J-List! Japanese history is interesting to study, and one of my favorite ...

Hello again from Japan, the home of Pocari Sweat and Calpis! First, some good news. The pesky "secure email form" ...

Hello again from Japan! It's good to be home, but the humidity of June in Japan is not exactly welcome... ...

Greetings from Japan on a very cold Friday evening. The collision between a U.S. nuclear sub and the fishing boat ...

Hi to all, from your friends at J-List It's late on Thursday night, here at J-List, and Tomo, myself and ...

Hello again from Japan, the land of strawberry and butter sandwiches...One thing that's often a shock to outgoing, cheerful Westerners ...

Hello again from Japan, the land of strawberry and butter sandwiches...One thing that's often a shock to outgoing, cheerful Westerners ...

Good evening from all of us at J-List. What a day we've had. A freak electrical storm rained lightning and ...