Tag: food

You never know what's going to become popular in Japan next. It could be a new variation on the Maid ...

The Japanese, they take their gift-giving seriously, a fact that I was reminded of while in Tokyo yesterday. I was ...

You can pick almost any area to compare Japan with the U.S.: history, culture, sports -- or if you like, ...

I remember my first payday after coming to work as a teacher in Japan, being handed an envelope containing my ...

Each year the organization that publishes the Standardized Kanji Test announces the "kanji of the year," the character that best ...

"How many Taco Bell sauce packets do you have in your glove compartment?" I've got a lot, and whenever I ...

For some reason, studying the etymologies of Japanese company names is fascinating to me. Like how the founder of Canon ...

Next time you're in Osaka, consider visiting the Monofuku Ando Memorial Ramen Museum, a sprawling facility commemorating the achievements of ...

If you want to live in Japan, there are certain skills you'll need to acquire. For example, you should be ...

It's known that the Japanese eat with chopsticks with almost every meal, deftly picking up even the tiniest morsels of ...

It's funny how so many of the foods eaten by the Japanese on a daily basis aren't very Japanese at ...

Languages are interesting because each one has its own unique features. For example, double negatives like "I didn't see nothing" ...

When I was a boy, I had some issues when it came to fish. I lived on the East Coast ...

One of the coolest images of Japan, to me, are the Daruma, the unique red, roundish dolls that are quite ...

If you ever want to appreciate your local Denny's, I advise you to go live in Japan for a few ...

You've been in Japan too long when you pay over $70 for a Captain Santa T-shirt and realize a few ...

I wrote before about how, in the complex world of obsessive otaku culture in Japan, there are (for example) fans ...

One thing you learn about Japan pretty quickly is, what a seasonal place it is, with people doing different things ...

I took a day off yesterday to attend the official Firefox 3.0 launch party in Tokyo, which celebrated the historic ...

The most successful motor vehicle in history isn't the Toyota Corolla, and it's isn't the Ford F-Series pickup, or even ...

Have you had Tuna Spaghetti recently? I did for lunch, and it was really good, a fresh marinara sauce with ...

You never know what's going to get popular in Japan next: maybe horn-rimmed glasses will suddenly come back into vogue, ...

Today is Inventory Day here at J-List, when we have to count the many thousands of excellent products we stock. ...

An interesting aspect of Japanese polite grammar is the honorific "o" that goes in front of some words to give ...