Tag: manga

Merry Christmas! Christmas isn't for another month, but today was our "uso no kurisumasu" (fake Christmas), since this was the ...

Greetings from J-list, the country that invented curtains for cars. Every languages has its interesting idioms, which are fun and ...

Hi again from Japan, where you bow to drivers when they give you the right of way. America is divided ...

Hello from Japan, on this Monday morning. I'm posting the update a few hours early today, as I'm off to ...

Hello from Japan, on this windy Wednesday evening. Well the U.S. elections are over. They were closely watched from Japan, ...

Happy Monday, from Japan! To an expat like me, living far from my home, the Internet is a wonderful thing. ...

Hello again from Japan, where people have a tendency to get Eric Clapton's last name confused with "plankton" for some ...

Hello again from Japan! Japan can be a funny place. At the end of the day, Japan really loves Europe, ...

Greetings from Japan, the country with the highest per capita number of vending machines in the world! (I think it's ...

Hello from your favorite island nation, Japan! Olympic Fever continues to grip Japan, as everyone watches the various events taking ...

Greetings again from that wackiest of places, Japan. The movie Schindler's List was a very touching story. Japan had their ...

Hello again from Japan! On the Japanese TV show Denpa Shonen, singer Kahala Tomomi is still plugging away, trying to ...

Greetings from Japan, where Pocari Sweat is always fresh and cold. Well, we're extremely glad to say that Japanese Calendar ...

Hello again from Japan, the original home of the salad pretzel. 2000 is shaping up as the "year of the ...

Autumn has come to Japan, or at least you'd think so by watching the beer advertising. This year's brew of ...

Greetings again from Japan! The idea of a man taking his wife's last name after marriage would be pretty rare ...

Hello again from Japan, the country where toilets wash and dry your butt for you -- we have one of ...

Hello again from your friend in Japan! Summer is always fun in Japan. It's a time of memory-making and trips ...

Greetings once again from your favorite volcanic nation, Japan. Japanese people love little gadgets, and no gadget in recent years ...

Hello again from J-List, your #1 source for cool stuff from Japan! The Japanese language is awash with loan words, ...

Hello again from Japan, your personal friend in Japan! The Japanese have some interesting superstitions about names, and generally labor ...

Hello again, on this fine Saturday afternoon (Japan time). I'm putting the finishing touches on today's update, and then I'm ...

Hello again from Japan, the country that brought you "Creap, a coffee creamer (the name is short for creaming powder"). ...

Happy Monday from a very hot J-List! We're still working without our main aircon, during one of the hottest summers ...