Tag: kids

Even before my wife and I became parents, we knew we wanted to give our children the gift of bilingualism. ...

Although I've been in Japan for more than 20 years, there are some things I've never really mastered, like eating ...

I saw that yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of the release of My Neighbor Totoro, one of my all-time favorite ...

I've been watching the second season of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, aka Haganai, aka I Have Few Friends, a ...

One aspect of Japan I like very much is the way people are generally open to debate and free thought ...

I often write about how Japan is a homogeneous place in which 98.5% of the people consider themselves to be ...

The other day I went with my wife to eat at our favorite soba noodle restaurant. After a strapping young ...

When I came to Japan my head was filled with silly stereotypes of delicate wooden houses with paper walls. The ...

Over the past 17 years I've helped raise two great kids who are haafu, half Japanese and half American -- ...

In addition to hay fever season in Japan, it's also time to prepare for the start of the new school ...

Near J-List there's a park I used to frequent with my kids which had two small hills in the center. ...

My Japanese mother-in-law once remarked that, "I sure don't see many women with big stomachs these days." At first I ...

Everyone knows that rice is the staple food of the Japanese, and it really is -- most people in Japan ...

Today is New Year's Eve, a day to do any last-minute "big cleaning," including getting the car washed, since no ...

Anime, of course, is a collection of fun memes which continually build on story and character concepts established in previous ...

Here in Japan it's beginning to look at lot like Christmas, or as it's known locally, Kurisumasu. In addition to ...

When Japanese couples get ready to have a child, they naturally start making lists of possible baby names. While most ...

Japan is starting to get into "Christmas mode" as cities turn on beautiful illumination in parks and other public areas ...

J-List is located in Gunma Prefecture in the exact center of Japan, about 100 km northwest of Tokyo. While there's ...

While Japan has been a huge influence in my life from a young age, the other great inspiration for me ...

Before I came to live in Japan more than two decades ago, my family used to host Japanese homestay students, ...

One thing about being an American is visiting our national shrines in Washington D.C., which include dignified memorials to the ...

Happy Halloween from Japan! October 31st is a fun day to wear scary costumes and chase ghosts and spirits from ...

I saw a report that Japan had fallen to 101st out of 135 countries with regards to gender equality, dropping ...