Tag: Pokemon

Watching anime means opening yourself up to cultural aspects of Japan that are unfamiliar to most of us, such as ...

One thing I love about Japan's anime and manga world is the way it creates a "pop culture baseline" that's ...

One thing everyone knows about the Japanese people is that they use chopsticks to eat with. It's true: except for ...

Well, the stockings are hung by the chimney with care, and we're all getting ready for a nice American-style Christmas ...

A couple of updates ago I wrote about the word 常識 joshiki, meaning 'common sense,' and how one of the ...

Quick, name the most valuable licensed character in Japan. If you went with Hello Kitty or even Pokemon, you chose ...

Food can be an important bridge between cultures, something Yasu and I are certainly learning here in the American South. ...

All languages use onomatopoeia, words based on sounds, and some examples in English are bark, oink, crash, click, snap, clap, ...

We like to think of our little company as a "wonderful toy box of things from Japan" where various products ...

While I generally enjoy living in Japan, there are a few things I dislike. Having to pay $22 to see ...

I like to look at ways we can understand Japan through its language. Here in Japan, there's often "one" correct ...

Last time I wrote about an interesting feature of the Japanese language, a class of four-character kanji phrases that are ...

Today is White Day, an event created to serve as a "return gift day" when men in Japan will give ...

I see that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has passed away, going to that Worker's Paradise in the Sky. Although ...

I recently posted an image on the J-List Facebook page and my Twitter feed listing "famous" actors and other personalities ...

Japan's online culture has really taken off over the past decade, and it's fun to dip into some of the ...

The other day my daughter asked me if I wanted to play Mari-Suma with her, and I replied that I'd ...

Stereotypes are not good since they cause us to make assumptions about people from other countries before we've gotten to ...

Japan has a new ambassador, and it's...Doraemon? Yes, the well-known robot cat from the future has been designated as the ...

Stereotypes are really not good, since they cause us to make assumptions about people from other countries before we've gotten ...

I've always believed that people will be what you expect them to be, and if you assume that people are ...

Stereotypes are really not good, since they cause us to make assumptions about people from other countries before we've gotten ...

Hello from Japan, home of feminine products with names like Charmy Body Fit and Supporty.Japan's birthrate is among the lowest ...

Hello and Happy Monday from all of us at J-List! It's a beautiful day in Japan -- a great day ...