Tag: kids

When a person learns a foreign language they actually develop a second personality, which takes over when they're speaking that ...

During my time in Japan, I've been able to observe some of the more interesting traits of the females around ...

I happened to see that the venerable Ticonderoga Pencil Company had brought out a line of pencils that are "bacteria ...

Japan is currently enjoying a second "Golden Week" holiday this year, naturally called "Silver Week," thanks to three holidays -- ...

Tragedy has struck the manga world with the sad loss of Yoshito Usui, who died after falling a terrifying 300 ...

The Japanese election is over, and as expected, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won a significant victory over the ...

Well, the San Diego Comic-Con is over, and I'm tired but still exhilarated from all the fun. We learned many ...

The Japanese do some strange things, at least from the viewpoint of this particular foreigner. In the U.S. you'd never ...

Your environment is something you never think about until it changes: the people, things, foods, sounds and smells that surround ...

Summer is here, which means attending festivals, shooting off fireworks with the kids, drinking mugi-cha (barley tea) and engaging in ...

Although the average Japanese person on the street might think there are a lot of foreigners living and working in ...

Being half Japanese and half American, my kids don't always fit the mold that's prepared for them here in Japan. ...

While it's fun to experience Japan through anime, I wonder how often some of the more subtle cultural nuances are ...

I've written about how speaking a foreign language requires a special "other" sense, which the Japanese call kan (kahn). If ...

Before I came to Japan, I fancied myself a bit of a dessert aficionado. Pumpkin pie with vanilla ice cream ...

One aspect of the Japanese language that's fun to study is onomatopoeia, the words we use to describe the sounds ...

I finally got a chance to visit the new American-style shopping mall that opened recently, called SMARK. Inside was a ...

The other day I took my mother and the kids down to Tokyo to see the Studio Ghibli Museum, pretty ...

My mother is visiting from the U.S. right now, having come to spend some quality time with the kids in ...

Rice is the staple food of Japan, eaten two or three times a day by most people, and it's so ...

It's a proud time for J-List's Yasu, the guy in charge of stocking cool artbooks and Japanese study items on ...

I've often gotten the impression that Japan has a reputation for not matching the standards set by the U.S. and ...

One of the more interesting things about Japan is haikyo, or exploring the ruins of our modern civilization, and whether ...

Japan started its history more or less as a blank slate, with most of its architecture, religion and even written ...