Tag: kids

In a lot of ways, Japan is a "men's paradise" where males are able to enjoy certain benefits that would ...

Japan is currently engaged in a debate that I'm quite interested in: the subject of dual nationality. Currently, when a ...

It's interesting to see what kinds of cultural issues you can learn about from anime. I'm currently hooked on Toradora, ...

I recently saw that Japan had topped Save the Children's annual Child Development Index, which ranks nations on how well ...

Japanese animation is fun for people from all over the world because the stories appeal to us even though we ...

Akemashite omedeto from J-List! We had a nice New Year's Day in Japan, writing our family's nengajo (New Year's Cards) ...

Today is New Year's Eve, known in Japan by the odd-sounding name of o-miso-ka, which sounds like it means "Big ...

Although I sometimes wish otherwise, my personality can be a little on the sarcastic side. For example, if I saw ...

I've always been a huge fan of Christmas, and when the season approaches you can always see me with a ...

Christmas is nearly here, and throughout Japan children are looking forward to getting a present from "Santa-san" while guys plan ...

Today is a special day for Domo-kun, the super-cute Japanese monster character who's become so popular throghout the Internet: it's ...

Everyone knows that rice is the staple food of the Japanese, and it really is -- we eat it 2-3 ...

I have the most interesting car: when I start it in the morning, it greets me with ohayo gozaimasu (good ...

On Sunday we had ourselves an early (and partially Costco-enabled) Thanksgiving, since Thursday is rather a difficult day to take ...

Recently my kids took the Eiken Test, the primary standardized test of English used in Japan. They really dislike it ...

One of the more enjoyable aspects of living in Japan is discovering strange English, which is literally everywhere since the ...

There are interesting ways to gain an understanding of a society through its language. Two words that speak to Japan's ...

Stereotypes are not good since they cause us to make assumptions about people from other countries before we've gotten to ...

sushi, sashimi, and udon or soba when you think of food in Japan, people here have an incredibly rich and ...

Part of mastering a foreign language involves coming up with strategies that help you trick your brain into learning. In ...

While most people in the U.S. probably opt for a shower to get clean, in Japan hopping in the furo ...

One thing that's fun about having kids is all the creative observations they make. Like the time my daughter saw ...

Autumn is upon us, and in Japan that means one thing: School Sports Festival, a special event held at all ...

"Children who are able to greet others properly won't be steered wrong in life." This is one of the many ...