Tag: gaijin

I will never eat pasta salad without chuckling ever again. Nor will I be able to look at the bisexual ...

Last night I was finishing up my evening social media work when I noticed a phrase was trending on X. ...

You've been in Japan Too Long when... This is a post of the collected list of "You've been in Japan ...

(Art via fujii_jun, hirame_sa) The Rugby World Cup is currently being held in Japan, and the country is positively brimming ...

One interesting aspect of living in Japan is finding yourself interacting with other foreign residents here, who may come from ...

One thing I love about anime is that it's a "big tent" with a lot of smaller tents inside, all ...

As I've written before, the Internet is a wonderful place where memes and ideas can easily move from person to ...

It's fun to explore the various stereotypes in anime and manga. As I've written recently, "foreign" characters — a category ...

Japan is an island nation in more ways than just geographically. At different times and in different ways it can ...

Anime (and Star Wars) Can Bring Us World Peace Through Shared Popular Culture I had a fun weekend, traveling down ...

Got Questions about Japan or J-List? We Have Answers! Since we're in between anime seasons, I don' have much in ...

Do You Love Dank Anime Memes from Japan? Ever since the venerable Dancing CGI Baby and "All Your Base Are ...

One site I visit from time to time is Quora, a place to ask questions and get answers on various ...

One subject I'm interested in is the way anime and related popular culture can help fans who suffer from social ...

Last time I talked about ways in which Japan's approach to capitalism often seems more "gentle" than in the U.S., ...

I write a lot about memes because they’re an interesting form of communication for the 21st century. Memes, of course, ...

I'm having a great time in Bali with my family, relaxing and doing some sightseeing, and surfing the general randomness ...

December is here, and we've having a huge 50% Off Shipping Sale! For one week, through December 8, get half ...

One of the most welcome events in the history of Japanese pop culture was when anime studios finally figured out ...

Japan is currently experiencing a huge boom in tourism, with an incredible 20 million visiting the country from all over ...

One of my favorite aspects about the Japanese is the way they value diligence and hard work, whether it's spending ...

I've been having fun here in California, visiting with my daughter who has just started university. As expected, college is ...

While I'm usually in Japan this time of year, I've actually hopped back to San Diego to take care of ...

It's been said that Japan is the only country that cares what its foreigners think, and I've generally found this ...