Tag: food

We hope everyone had a great holiday, wherever you are in the world. My family had a more-or-less traditional Japanese ...

While I generally enjoy living in Japan, there are a few things I dislike. Having to pay $22 to see ...

Here in Japan it's beginning to look at lot like Christmas, or as it's known locally, Kurisumasu. In addition to ...

December is the month for bonenkai, the year-end parties Japanese hold in December that literally means "forget-the-year party." (After the ...

There are a few things that the Japanese really love. First, they love nature, which is slightly confusing since they ...

The other night it was time to celebrate my daughter's birthday, so we all got into the car and went ...

It's time for your lesson in Japanese words you already know, because they have the same pronunciations as English words. ...

I've written before about how effectively studying a language requires certain things. A real desire to learn is important, as ...

Thursday is Thanksgiving, the second most important American holiday, a day for spending time with family and friends and giving ...

One topic I cover a lot is how Japan is a very "seasonal" place, with distinct customs and foods for ...

The Japanese are ahead of the U.S. in several key areas, including the availability of square watermelons and taxis with ...

There are many innovative ways Japanese companies advertise to get their messages out to people, like running a short commercial ...

The U.S. is currently embroiled in "election hell," and while this doesn't involve Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney driving around ...

Google has changed all our lives and added several points to our collective IQs, for which I'm very grateful. If ...

I like to look at ways we can understand Japan through its language. Here in Japan, there's often "one" correct ...

Coming to Japan meant getting used to many things. Canned coffee, or corn and mayonnaise on pizza. Rooms that were ...

I saw that Japanese cellphone company Softbank is making a major investment into Sprint, the third largest cellular operator in ...

Well, my little trip to the U.S. has come to an end, and it's time to head back to Japan. ...

The Japanese love to take standardized tests, and many people use them as a tool to better themselves over the ...

If you watch anime in Japanese at all, one word you may have learned is suki which means "like," usually ...

When I'm in the U.S., I like to take the chance to drive around to different places in my 2002 ...

If you go to Japan, you'll see many things there. Beautiful temples and shrines and sakura trees. Vending machines that ...

I saw that the U.S. had taken action to freeze the assets of a major yakuza group in the U.S., ...

Japan is a great place, really, with clean streets that are always safe to walk down at night, an excellent ...