Cold and snow in Japan, the Japanese vs Albert Einstein, and Japanese studying “best practices”
Hello from freezing, windy Japan! The country has been hit by a cold front of Siberian winds that have chilled ...
Tag: manga
A new way of thinking about Japanese animation, and this year’s Japanese slang words
Japanese animation has been a huge influence on the West over the years, and there are many ways that American ...
Japanese people I have known, what makes girls act so cute, and a fun day for parents
During my time studying Japanese and teaching in Japan, I've met many different types of Japanese people: hardworking salarymen and ...
Unique businesses that exist in Japan, Rubik’s Cube, and more Funny English Words
Japan is a unique place, and the economic forces that cause this kind of business or that to spring up ...
On stereotypes, how and why words jump from one language to another, and trying to recall the term “gynecologist”
Stereotypes are really not good, since they cause us to make assumptions about people from other countries before we've gotten ...
The Japanese and movies, learning Japanese through songs, and the famous food of Kyoto
The Japanese love movies, and watch a lot of them. Happily for gaijin like myself, they usually prefer watching U.S. ...
All about coffee in Japan, where cheap “low mileage” engines come from, and the psyches of students of Japanese
Have you ever strolled into a coffee shop an ordered an "American"? Although green tea seems as popular a drink ...
Japan’s latest boom: Akiba-kei, Otaku Culture and “Densha Otoko”
Japan is the land of the "boom" and every year something new seems to come out of left field and ...
Typhoon update, life in Gunma Prefecture, and ways that the Japanese walk to their own beat
Florida is getting pummeled by Hurricane Katrina, but Japan just got walloped by Typhoon No. 11, which dumped tons of ...
Otakon and comparisons to Woodstock, all about Japanese politics, and Buddhism
Hello again from J-List. Well, Otakon is over, the 20,000+ anime fans have gone home, and I'm headed back to ...
New election and the hullabuloo over the Japanese post office, and the “joy of satori”
It's once again that time most feared by foreigners living in Japan: election season, when white-gloved Japanese politicians drive around ...
Japanese summer festivals, the drama of high school baseball, and update on Hiroshima
It's August in Japan, and to millions of Japanese sports fans that means -- high school baseball! High school baseball ...
The Otaku Standardized Test and origin of the word, Japan’s hot summer, and aloe flavored yogurt
Hello again from Japan, and a special weekend update to J-List!I've written before about how the Japanese like to take ...
Ways to learn a foreign language, and on receiving complements about your use of chopsticks
Attempting to master a foreign language is a big undertaking, and if you want to become fluent someday you need ...
Trends in wealth in Japan, and comparing Dr. Pepper and Tootsie Rolls to Pocky
Each year in Japan, the list of who paid the most income taxes during the previous year is published in ...
More on Japan’s vertical society, wisdom from Japanese manga, and an airplane that’s feeling “upset”
Japan's tendency to rank individuals in groups as senpai (sem-PAI, a senior member of a group, or upperclassman) and kouhai ...
The lack of pregnant women in Japan, more about how kanji works, and my karaoke pictures
My Japanese mother-in-law remarked the other day that, "You don't see women with big stomachs very often these days." At ...
How Japan and America are different from each other, and Japanese government employees
My mother and nephew have gone back to San Diego after a nice visit. It was fun having them here, ...
White Day in Japan, and the many ways to learn Japanese
Today is White Day, the day that Japanese confectioners and retailers have decreed that men give a return gift (o-kaeshi) ...
Manga Cafes in Japan, and the Green Tea Belt
Oopsie -- once again I see I've forgotten to post my after doing the J-List update. Sorry!Today's J-List post is ...
Fun at Disneyland and beyond
We had fun at Tokyo Disneyland. It was threatening to rain the whole time, but it didn't, so we knew ...
Greetings from J-List 12/6/04
It's funny how a language reflects the people who speak it, and vice versa. Much of famously nuance-filled indirectness of ...
Greetings from J-List 12/1/04
You've been in Japan too long when you pronounce the word "warehouse" as "wah-rey house." Japanese pronunciation is extremely easy, ...
Greetings from J-List 11/29/04
You've been in Japan too long when you pronounce the word "warehouse" as "wah-rey house." Japanese pronunciation is extremely easy, ...
