Tag: family

We'd like to wish everyone 良いお年を yoi otoshi o ("have a good crossing into the new year") or 明けましておめでとう akemashite ...

We hope everyone is enjoying the rest of their holiday season. Just a reminder, J-List is still offering free shipping ...

The holiday season continues, and most of us are hoping for a visit by Santa's helpers. Remember, J-List is offering ...

J-List is shipping out hundreds of packages daily, including Sailor Moon, Steins;Gate, Pokemon and kawaii cat-related products. In addition to ...

We hope everyone in the U.S. had a warm and wonderful Thanksgiving holiday surrounded by family and friends. J-List's big ...

My family has always been very cross-cultural, with my kids equally at home watching Pokemon or the films of Hayao ...

One of my favorite aspects of living in Japan is definitely the food. There's lots to find here, from amazing ...

It's funny how Japan can seem technologically advanced in some areas but behind the times in others. Apple's new payment ...

Recently I started watching an anime from a few seasons ago called Non Non Biyori, translatable as something like "fine ...

Labels are funny things, and the terms we use to define groups can be interesting to consider. Since every Japanese ...

In my city there are these metal signs posted at random places with the collected wisdom of our local PTA ...

As an American who's lived outside the U.S. for more than half his life (as of this month), I can ...

Foreigners living in Japan know that whenever there's an earthquake in any corner of the country, we'll get concerned calls ...

Japan's love of cuteness has become famous all around the world, to the point that the word 可愛い kawaii can ...

Japan is having its "Obon" Buddhist holidays right now, a solemn time when the spirits of deceased family members are ...

Japanese homes are quite different from homes in the West. For example, there's always a low area by the front ...

I'm taking another brief vacation, this time journeying to the sunny state of Florida, USA, with my daughter. In addition ...

One thing I like about anime as a artistic genre is the way anything that can be conceived of can ...

Everyone loves touching stories involving beloved pets. When my family moved to New Zealand back in the 70s, we had ...

Google has radically changed the way we get information, and if you have a question about something -- say, about ...

Spring has finally arrived, a great time to enjoy the cherry blossoms which transform Japan into the most beautiful place ...

J-List has a popular Facebook page, and today I decided to do another open post, asking readers to list any ...

Yesterday was the graduation ceremony for my son, a very proud day for any parent. The Japanese are big fans ...

One thing I've always been impressed with is the "cultural footprint" of Japan, which is just a small country in ...