Tag: fashion

Japan is a very different place from the U.S., and during my years as an ESL teacher I often found ...

Here's a little observation I've made: when something gets "too" popular, it will peak then rapidly lose popularity for a ...

Kokusai kekkon (international marriage) is a popular option for Japanese who want to marry someone from outside their home country, ...

Japan can be a very stylish place, especially in the cities, and whenever I take a trip down to Tokyo ...

Over the weekend I went down to Tokyo to meet with a friend I hadn't seen in a while. My ...

I like to pick up on random bits of Japanese language and see what they can teach us, and one ...

If you visit the Lumine Man department store in Shibuya you'll find something pretty cool: a huge display of Evangelion ...

J-List specializes in awesome magazines from Japan, and our popular Revolving Magazine Subscriptions service -- which lets you get your ...

Although I try to avoid going to Wal-Mart, sometimes I find myself needing something that's convenient to buy there. Last ...

Over the weekend I came across a cool map of old Route 66 in my house in San Diego, and ...

While the Japan Language Proficiency Test is the most recognized test of Japanese, and likely the best for anyone studying ...

Over the weekend I took a trip down to Tokyo for a business meeting and to enjoy some quality shochu ...

Sometimes when we add new products to the J-List website, we've got a pretty good idea they might be popular ...

Japanese marrying partners from other countries is called kokusai kekkon, and it's viewed by many here as an alternative choice ...

Since Tokyo is just a 45 minute Shinkansen ride from J-List's home prefecture of Gunma, it's quite convenient for us ...

It's funny, the way fashions can seem like the coolest thing to people one year yet be embarrassingly outdated a ...

It's interesting how Japanese society divides itself into different tribes, or zoku, which always seem to come with interesting and ...

Among the many fine products J-List offers, we have a popular line of magazines which can be purchased on a ...

My son turns fifteen this year, and in accordance with a Japanese custom I'd never heard of before, he'll be ...

When J-List started our popular "Reserve Subscription" magazine service a decade ago, we had no idea how popular it would ...

The current economic hard times are bringing some changes to Japan, especially in the area of fashion. In the past, ...

Today is a holiday in Japan, Seijin-no-hi, or Coming of Age Day, when everyone who turns 20 years old this ...

There are two people named Amuro in Japanese popular culture. One of them is Amuro Ray, the young boy who ...

Ever since the Internet showed up, our lives have been greatly enriched by companies offering amazing services, like YouTube or ...