Tag: history

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

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

I like exploring the sources of various memes that exist in Japan, like the time I researched the origin or ...

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

Over the weekend I took a business trip to the best place you can take a business trip to, Kyoto. ...

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

One fun aspect of living in Japan is watching NHK, Japan's national public broadcasting network, the channel to turn to ...

I've made the 11-hour flight from California back to Japan, the land of onsen hot springs and toilets that wash ...

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

Hello again from J-List. We're making the final preparations for Anime Expo this week. It's going to be a huge ...

I've been having lots of fun with my daughter, taking in the sights of South Florida before arriving up in ...

I finally found time to go see the new Godzilla movie that everyone was buzzing about a month or so ...

The history of animation is the history of how art and technology are combined to create visual experiences for viewers. ...

Both of the major console game makers from Japan have fallen on hard times, with Nintendo and Sony both losing ...

There are many routes to discover Japan, for example through the country's history or martial arts, through its pop culture, ...

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

Like many, I'm a big fan of bento, those convenient and delicious Japanese boxed lunches. Said to have evolved from ...

It's fun to analyze Japanese culture through its superstitions, which are plentiful here. Don't cut your fingernails at night or ...

We live in a complex world in which everything around us is becoming more and more global, including marriage. My ...

In the last J-List post I talked about the three "unifiers" of modern Japan, who are credited with moving the ...

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

Spring has finally arrived, a great time to enjoy the cherry blossoms which transform Japan into the most beautiful place ...

I, of course, am a card-carrying language geek, loving the study of language and all its unique aspects and drinking ...

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