Tag: gaijin

When you drive in the city of Takasaki, located next to J-List's home of Isesaki and the Gunma prefectural capital ...

An American friend came to visit me over the weekend, and I drove to the train station to pick him ...

You've been in Japan too long when you air-drum in your car while listening to the U.S. Military radio news ...

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

There are some experiences you just never expect to have in your life. Like walking down the street and having ...

I often write about how Japan is a homogeneous place in which 99% of the people consider themselves to be ...

Japan is a great country, and I like living here a lot. But no matter how long I stay here, ...

October is here, and that means a few things in Japan. First of all, it's the designated time for koromo-gae ...

One interesting aspect of the Japanese is how concerned they are with how they appear to foreigners, especially from the ...

I write a lot about the Japanese concepts of senpai, an upperclassman in a school or a senior in an ...

Yes, I am finally getting around to posting my pictures from my trip to frozen (well, slightly cool) northern Japan. ...

My son and I are enjoying our trip to northern Japan. We had fun exploring Aomori, visiting the windswept beauty ...

Right now my wife and daughter are down in Kyoto, visiting a friend on the Sea of Japan side the ...

McDonald's Japan is currently running a bizarre promotion using a caricature of an American named Mr. James, who hails from ...

Well, singer Noriko Sakai has turned herself in to the authorities, admitting to using stimulant drugs with her husband for ...

There comes a time in every Japan-loving gaijin's life when he or she must take the plunge and climb Mt. ...

Last time I talked about the way Japanese perceive Westerners, who kind of hold a special place in society here ...

I'm often asked how Japanese view the gaijin that live in their midst, disrupting the precious harmony the country is ...

Peter's favorite thing about Japan, #345: izakaya (ee-ZAH-kah-ya), a kind of cozy Japanese pub-restaurant that's filled with exotic food and ...

One of the invisible pillars of Japanese society is tatemae (tah-tay-MAH-eh), literally meaning façade but in actual use, "the way ...

We're done with the first day of Anime Expo, and have spent the day meeting and greetings thousands of J-List ...

When I first got to Japan, I was determined to get out and see the country, but it was difficult ...

One of the first words anyone studying Japanese learns is honto, which means "really" or "truly," and whenever a gaijin ...

Last night my son needed a hand with an English essay he was writing about the different kinds of engineering ...