Tag: kids

The other day I was reading through random Wikipedia articles and I happened across the entry on Jonny Quest. For ...

Today is the 65th anniversary of the Great Tokyo Air Raid. On this day, 300 B-29 Superfortresses flying out of ...

It's funny how anime characters tend to follow certain established patterns, like the classic dojikko clumsy girl, or the always-popular ...

Today is Setsubun, a fun day for anyone with kids in Japan. A remnant of a festival that took place ...

Right now it's juken (test) season in Japan, when hundreds of thousands of high school students take the university entrance ...

The other day I was shopping in a supermarket when I suddenly came face to face with two girls around ...

McDonald's Japan has been marketing itself in unique ways recently, such as using a parody of a gaijin called Mr. ...

Among the fun things we're doing here in Las Vegas, we took the kids to see Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition ...

We're still having fun here in Vegas, doing tourist-ey things with the kids like exploring interesting casinos and seeing what ...

Hello again from J-List, now in Las Vegas, where we've taken the kids for some post-Christmas relaxation. We hope you ...

The other day I sat my family in front of the TV to watch Up, the fantastic film by Disney/Pixar, ...

Christmas is upon us, and for a gaijin living in Japan that means one thing: being asked to dress up ...

On Sunday it was time for our family's Thanksgiving dinner. Yes, I know, whoever heard of an American having Thanksgiving ...

Although Japanese are now quite familiar with images of Christmas presents being delivered by "Santa-san" (as he's usually called) it ...

The other day I met an American friend for drinks. Because his wife is from China, their kids grow up ...

Raising kids in Japan inevitably means guiding them through juken, or "taking an important test." Both my kids had to ...

The other day my wife asked me, "Is it 2008? Or 2009? I forget." This would probably be difficult to ...

Although I've been in Japan for 18 years, there are some things I've never really mastered, like eating nattou, the ...

The other day TV viewers in Japan got a treat: Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt appearing on the popular variety ...

When I look back on my 8-year career teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in Japan, I can't think ...

Asami, the J-List employee who keeps us well stocked with amazing bento boxes and traditional Japanese items will be out ...

There are some experiences you just never expect to have in your life. Like walking down the street and having ...

Japanese homes are different from homes in the West. For example, there's a low area by the front door called ...

There are some things you say when you live in Japan that you'd certainly never utter back home. For example, ...