Tag: Japan

My wife is a very happy woman, thanks to NHK, Japan's version of the BBC and the Domo-kun people. Every ...

Well, it's the end of another year. Time to watch the parade of famous singers on this year's Kohaku Uta ...

I wrote a few weeks ago about how I believed I'd "cracked the code" as to why Japanese animation is ...

Hello again from J-List, now in Las Vegas, where we've taken the kids for some post-Christmas relaxation. We hope you ...

Can you hear that endless mechanical noise? It's the sound of thousands of inkjet printers in Japan, grinding out nengajo, ...

Recently I wrote about how one of the more pleasant aspects of Japan was the high level of service you ...

Of course one of the most enjoyable things to do this time of year is...Christmas shopping. I'm quite a kurisumasu ...

Christmas is a happy time in Japan, when couples can exchange gifts or maybe plan a special evening together, and ...

The cornerstone of the Japanese television world is the "variety show," and although the Western stereotype of these programs isn't ...

Japan has a lot of trains, which is a good thing because they also have a lot of densha otaku, ...

Anime is a window into Japanese society and a valuable resource for anyone hoping to understand this complex country. The ...

I caught a TV show the other day that dealt with the issue of Japan's falling population, focusing not on ...

On Sunday it was time for our family's Thanksgiving dinner. Yes, I know, whoever heard of an American having Thanksgiving ...

One of the more interesting aspects of living in Japan is seeing famous faces from back home starring in local ...

Although large cities like Tokyo have extensive public transportation systems, out here in Gunma having a car is really a ...

The Japanese have developed a reputation for being among the most polite people in the world. Perhaps this is related ...

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

The other day TV viewers in Japan got a treat: Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt appearing on the popular variety ...

Coming to Japan meant adjusting to many new things, from vending machines that accept the equivalent of $100 bills then ...

If you need an email answered in French from J-List, you'll have to wait another day: Thomas, our employee from ...

There are many approaches to learning language, including the Grammar-Translation Method, which involves formal learning and lots of translation, the ...

When I came to Japan, I naturally expected to find foods like ramen, udon, tempura and sushi, but when I ...

Over the summer I had a lot of fun taking my son to Hakodate, the city on the southern tip ...

Although the Japanese have developed quite a taste for coffee in recent years, green tea is still very popular here, ...