Tag: kids

The Japanese are good at coming up with innovative ways of committing information to memory, like the man who memorized ...

It's funny how different smells and tastes can bring out different memories. One of the most pleasant related to summer ...

While the average Japanese person on the street may think there are "a lot" of foreigners in Japan, in reality ...

There are many bizarre visual jokes in anime, which probably look odd to Western viewers at first. Characters getting a ...

I often write about the "meticulous Japanese" and their amazing ability to do the same thing in and out for ...

Since I had the weekend to myself, I decided to pick the farthest onsen I could get to conveniently and ...

Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the terrible attacks on the World Trade Center, the sad event that, for me, ...

One thing everyone knows about the Japanese people is that they use chopsticks to eat with. Yes, except for certain ...

One theme I write about often is how important children are in Japan, and how much energy the country spends ...

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

Summer has come to Japan, which means doing fun things like attending festivals, shooting off fireworks with the kids, drinking ...

It's fun to deconstruct random elements of anime, for example...dads! Fathers in anime come in many shapes and sizes, and ...

Everyone knows famous Japanese foods like sushi, sashimi, ramen and so on. But there's a lot more to eating in ...

Recently I talked about the way the English word "tip" is pronounced "chip" in Japanese, part of an odd linguistic ...

One of the defining features of the Japanese as a people is that they are generally kenson (KEN-son), that is, ...

If you've watched more than a few anime series, you'll know that clubs are an important part of life in ...

Whenever I'm back in the U.S. I'm amazed at the huge number of channels available to cable TV viewers. While ...

Although only around 1-2% of Japanese report themselves as Christians, the cultural footprint of Christianity in Japan is much larger. ...

There are some things I like about Japan. Drinking a can of hot "corn soup" on the train platform during ...

Although you probably don't think of the Japanese as overweight, the problem is expanding waistlines is affecting people here, too. ...

I hope all mothers in the world had a very special Mother's Day yesterday, wherever you are in the world. ...

I started going to a gym to try to get into shape. To be honest, I was kind of undecided ...

It must be strange, having a professional otaku for a dad. Just by living in Japan, my kids (daughter aged ...

Japan's crisis continues, though things are slowly coming under control. As calm returns and companies work hard to normalize the ...