Tag: fashion

Welcome to the wonderful world of rorita (lolita) fashion! Whenever someone talks about lolita fashion, the first thing that comes to ...

Want To Know What TV in Japan Is Like? I'll Tell You! Every country has television which reflects the kokumin-sei ...

Anime Expo starts in a week, and J-List is celebrating early with a huge 300-points-per-$20 sale. Here's how it works: ...

Japanese retailer Shalemon designed several t-shirts with a design that you can flip over your head for an instant character ...

One of the realities of observing other countries is that the farther away you are geographically, the more likely it ...

This is certainly turning out to be one of those anime seasons that overflows with worthwhile offerings, from the new ...

Happy New Year and akemashite omedetou gozaimasu from your friends in Japan! We hope that 2016 is filled with many ...

Is Japan a racist nation? This is a very delicate question, but I wouldn't be worth much as a Japan ...

Mrs. J-List is visiting Australia with a friend for a week, so I've got the house to myself, which is ...

One of the benefits of being an English speaker learning Japanese is the high number of foreign loan words in ...

One of my favorite Japan-related concepts is 和洋折衷 wayoh setchu, which means "a blend of both Japanese and Western influences." ...

I've been an anime fan for a long time, long enough to remember attending the monthly anime club meetings at ...

One of the most successful ideas in the history of anime has been the creation of stories about idols, which ...

Hello from Kota Kinabalu, a city in Western Borneo, Malaysia, where I've brought my family for some relaxing fun, just ...

Happy New Year to everyone from your friend in Japan! We wish you a healthy and prosperous year, with lots ...

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

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

It's funny how east mirrors west. Many people from Europe and the U.S. are quite taken with Japan, and would ...

Yesterday I went down to Tokyo Big Sight with Mai, the talented J-List employee who keeps our site stocked with ...

It's fun to look at Japan's 芸能界 geinou-kai or entertainment world, which encompasses all actors, singers, bikini idols, comedians and ...

J-List is located in Gunma Prefecture, about 100 km northwest of Tokyo, pretty much in the exact center of Japan's ...

I caught an interesting show on Japanese TV the other day called 子供に聞かせたい Kodomo ni Kikasetai! or "I Want to ...

As with other countries, fashions are constantly in motion in Japan, heading off in new directions then doubling back every ...