Tag: gaijin

One theme I write about a lot is how Japan is "the only country in the world that cares what ...

One thing about the Japanese is that they take their kawaii very seriously, and one area you can see this ...

Happy Halloween from J-List! As an American growing up, October 31st was always one of my favorite days of the ...

It's funny how Japan can seem technologically advanced in some areas but behind the times in others. Apple's new payment ...

One of my favorite things about Japan are onsen hot springs, the wonderful sulfur baths that are great for relaxing ...

If America is famous for "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet" (as one TV commercial back in the day ...

Modern anime series usually go out of their way to set themselves in actual locations, which adds realism and also ...

J-List has been in business since 1996, a long time if you think of it in "Internet years." I started ...

I enjoy J-List's Twitter feed and Facebook page because they allow me to throw out random pictures and observations about ...

I'm often asked what Japanese fans think of the global explosion in the popularity of anime, manga and Japanese games. ...

I'm taking another brief vacation, this time journeying to the sunny state of Florida, USA, with my daughter. In addition ...

All languages make use of onomatopoeia, words that are derived from the way they sound, and Japanese is no exception. ...

Over the weekend we went to our favorite Indian restaurant for curry, tandoori chicken and that heavenly naan bread that ...

One of the joys of being a long-term gaijin in Japan is eventually building a house here. Houses in Japan ...

There are certain eternal questions about Japan. Like, why do the Japanese insist the color green (for example a traffic ...

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

One thing I like about Japan is the way every foreigner who visits is somehow connected to every other foreigner ...

At J-List we genuinely want to help people all over the world connect with Japan in a variety of ways, ...

It's fun to dig around Japanese history for interesting tidbits to discover. Like William Adams, the English sailor who arrived ...

Every gaijin who speaks some Japanese knows the agony of accidentally using the wrong word of nihongo at an embarrassing ...

There are many things foreigners coming to live in Japan need to get used to, including eating rice 2-3 times ...

J-List has a popular Facebook page, and today I decided to do another open post, asking readers to list any ...

I wrote last week about the general work situation in Japan, which has an impressively low unemployment rate of just ...

I often get mail from people planning a trip to Tokyo, asking me to recommend some sightseeing spots. While there ...