Tag: Japan

Hello from Japan, where a corn dog is known universally as an "American Dog." For a country that loves English ...

My Otaku Reconsideration Portrait of an Otaky #1187by Peter R. PayneNote: the following is an article I wrote way back ...

You've been in Japan Too Long when... Updated January, 2001 The following were collected from various Usenet groups, most likely ...

Hello from Japan, where you can still find "skin color" crayons sold in stores. It's quite well known that in ...

Hello again from Japan, home of the world's only indoor skiing facility -- the Ssaws ski slope near Tokyo Disneyland, ...

Hello from Japan, the home of yogurt flavored butterscotch candies -- yum. Japan has a new "muscle idol" these days: ...

Hello again from your friends in Japan! In general, when movies are released in Japan, there's a gap of a ...

Hello again from your friends in Japan! In general, when movies are released in Japan, there's a gap of a ...

Hello again from your friends in Japan! Influenza is on the rise in Japan, and schools all around the country ...

Greetings from J-List! Want to know a Japanese joke? In Japanese, the word for Prime Minister is "sohri," which sounds ...

Hello again from Japan, where "UFO" and "VIP" are pronounced as words, not spelled out (e.g." you-foh" and "vipp"). All ...

Hello again from Japan, where the Sapporo Beverage Company has just released a beer with added fiber (for people who ...

Hello from Japan where kissing up to a superior is known as "grinding up the sesame seeds" (goma suri). First ...

Hello again from Japan, where a movie release is called "road show" for reasons that are completely unfathomable to me. ...

Hello again from your friends in Japan! Halloween has come early to J-List. At various times during the year, my ...

Hello and "Akemashite Omedetou" from all of us at J-List! The New Year is here, and J-List is happy to ...

Hello from your friendly neighborhood gaijin in Japan! First of all, congratulations to Yasu and his wife on the birth ...

Hello again from your friends in Japan at J-List! The Japanese are very big on their four seasons, and have ...

Hello again from all of us in Japan! The cold weather has begun in Japan, and we can feel real ...

Greeting from all your friends in Japan! All modern languages contain confusing and archaic elements of past languages, English not ...

Hello again from Japan, where basic drip coffee served in coffee shops is known as "American coffee." For a country ...

Hello from Japan, the home of "rinse in shampoo." It's well known that famous actors from America and Europe appear ...

Greetings from Japan, where a corndog is known as an "American dog." I don't doubt that part of the reason ...

Hello again from Japan, where the most common kind of coffee ordered in restaurants here is known as "American coffee." ...