Can MF Ghost Recapture the Magic of Initial D?
Living at the bottom of Mt. Akagi, I've always felt a connection to Initial D, the street racing anime that ...
Tag: Initial D
The J-List Autumn 2023 Anime Guide! Which Anime Should You Watch?
The Autumn 2023 anime season is upon us, so once again let's check out all the amazing new anime series ...
Initial D in Real Life – a Trip to D’Z Racing Cafe Garage and the Fujiwara Tofu Shop!
During the first few weeks of January 2019, I had a few friends from America touring Japan and they’re big ...
Car Culture in Japan, and my Trip to Higurashi-Land
Although cities like Tokyo have excellent train and subway systems, in most parts of Japan the only way to get ...
A Visit to Mt. Akagi in Gunma
One of the good things about living in Gunma Prefecture, located in the exact center of Japan's main island of ...
The “Mystery of Translation”
One subject I write about a lot is the way learning a foreign language helps you to understand your own ...
Random Nihongo: How Kanji Works
Kanji is the primary writing system used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. In the case of Japanese, kanji ...
Plugging English Words into Japanese Sentences
The Japanese make heavy use of foreign loan words, usually borrowed from English, but since Japanese grammar differs from other ...
Japan’s “Parking Areas”
On the weekends I like to go on trips with my family, most often to an onsen (volcanic hot springs) ...
