Japanese Noren Curtains
It's funny, the things about Japan that delight foreigners who come here. The unique sound of a Japanese train crossing, ...
Tag: Hanasaku Iroha
A Trip to a Japanese Inn
Over the weekend I took off work early and headed up to the mountains around Gunma to a pleasant onsen ...
Nicknames and the Japanese
I have a friend named Josh, and I call him "Josh," but if we were Japanese I'd probably have some ...
Japan: It’s A Whole New Paradigm.
Dealing with Japan often involves encountering new paradigms, a concept I encountered when I came to Japan as an ESL ...
Perception of Words in English and Japanese
It's funny how words are perceived by people in different ways. My wife asked me how to say the word ...
