Tag: food

"You've been in Japan too long when you no longer find anything amusing about the concept of 'Vermont Curry.'" Although ...

The other day I was having lunch with my family and my wife gave me a cup of "coffee jelly." ...

If I managed a restaurant chain in the U.S., I'd look to Japan to see what interesting ideas I could ...

Quick, do you know how many Great Lakes there are on North America? The answer is five. The reason I ...

Iceland's erupting volcano Mt. Eyjafjallajokull has certainly been in the news a lot this week, and the media here was ...

The other day Yasu, the J-List employee who keeps our site stocked with awesome anime artbooks, Japanese study supplies and ...

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

Yesterday was my son's birthday, and in our family that usually means going to our favorite Korean BBQ restaurant for ...

It's hanami season in Japan, a period of approximately ten days when the millions of cherry trees located in Japanese ...

The Season of the Sakura has come to Japan, and all throughout the country cherry trees are exploding like beautiful ...

When I arrived in Japan, one of the concepts I had to get used to was joshiki (pronounced joe-sh'ki), a ...

It's interesting to see the random cultural tidbits you can pick up watching anime. Like the scene in K-On! in ...

Sometimes it's fun to flip through the channels late at night and see what wackiness Japanese television has for me. ...

J-List is a fun place where you can find everything from kanji T-shirts that say "Looking for a Japanese Girlfriend" ...

One way to make sense of Japan is by understanding the concepts of wabi and sabi, two words which sum ...

J-List loves to find products from Japan that surprise and delight our customers. One of the most popular products we've ...

There are several methods of learning a foreign language, including Grammar-Translation (learning grammar and example sentences), Total Physical Response ("Simon ...

From the Jedi Knights to the Kobayashi Maru to William Gibson's inclusion of Black Black caffeine gum in his cyberpunk ...

I saw on CNN's website that Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada had officially apologized for colonizing the Korean peninsula from ...

The tradition of retail establishments offering excellent service to customers is one of my favorite aspects of Japan, and if ...

Going back to the U.S. is always a treat: I get to load up on foods that I can't get ...

The J-List crew had fun at our official company New Year's Party on Friday, consuming lots of good food and ...

I'm rushing to finish this update a little early since tonight we're having the J-List shinnen-kai, or New Year's Party. ...

If English is your native language, make sure you give your parents a big hug next time you see them: ...