Thoughts on biculturalism and Halloween, types of ramen you should try, and my fascination with Japanese females
Happy Halloween from J-List. Halloween is one of those "American" holidays (although originally Irish and Scottish) that has a way ...
Tag: vacation
Summer fireworks and reflections on language, the poor plight of Sumo’s most famous wrestler, and what’s up with those Japanese name stamps?
Hanabi (花火), meaning "flower fire" or fireworks, are part of summer in Japan, and you can't watch three hours of ...
About Japan’s most famous (only?) charity, all about the word “genki,” and my kids re-adjusting to life in Japan
This past weekend saw the broadcast of "24 Hour TV," an annual charity drive broadcast by the Nippon TV network ...
How Cup Ramen became a part of our food culture, a new trend in vending machines, and my thoughts on the enigma of the “Japanese Female”
You may have seen that Momofuku Ando, the Father of Instant Ramen, died recently. Momofuku, whose name meant "one hundred ...
All about trains and fuzzy blue rabbits from London, linguistic quirks of the Japanese language, and finding someone’s “secret talent”
One thing I like about living in Japan is the rail culture here, so very different from the freeway- and ...
What the Japanese think of Americans, our trip to Guam, and ah, the smell of kerosene in the morning
As an expat American living away from my home country, it's sometimes interesting to ask the Japanese people around me ...
The hierarchy of language in Japan, trouble for “unhurried education” and, is my wife a Desperate Housewife?
Hello again from Japan, where, when two people say the same thing at the same time, they're then supposed to ...
More reflections on “freedom” and how it relates to James Dean, my trip to the Moon, and Japanese “standing nails”
Well, Otakon has passed and we're safely back in San Diego, our long, multi-stage vacation across America finally over. After ...
Observations on America as a “free” country, what that means to the Japanese, and questions about Burger King and Dairy Queen
My son and I continue to enjoy our mini-vacation here in Baltimore, and it's been fun to watch his reactions ...
San Diego Comicon 2006
I sure know how to keep busy. The San Diego Comicon ended just two days ago, but I'm already several ...
Election comparisons in Japan and California, Marie Antoinette’s anime connection, and wow, a dollar buys so much!
It certainly is nice to be back home in San Diego for a brief vacation in between anime conventions, and ...
Spring vacation without kids, our trip to some hot hot springs, and all about Jidai Geki
It's spring vacation in Japan now, and rather than having the kids hanging around the house with nothing to do, ...
On the Japanese concept of “normal,” ideas that Japanese can’t come up with, and how to be rude to the Emperor
Hello again from J-List. We're still enjoying our vacation in the U.S., this time in beautiful San Luis Obispo, where ...
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 ...
Golden Week, and thoughts on Japan being a “vertical” society
It's time once again for Golden Week, a series of Japanese holidays that happens to fall more or less within ...
Greetings from J-List 10/18/2004
Hello again from Japan, the home of a car called the Toyota Ism (named after the English suffix -ism, from ...
Greetings from J-List 10/15/2004
Hello from the J-List crew, this time in beautiful Guam, a small island three hours from Japan, and a U.S. ...
Greetings from J-List August 6, 2004
My wife and both children are in the U.S. now, enjoying their summer vacation in beautiful San Diego. This means ...
Greetings from J-List June 23, 2004
Hello again from all your friends in Japan!Now that the ban on Japanese cultural imports has been lifted in South ...
Greetings from J-List April 30, 2004
Hello again from Japan, home of cars with unique English names like the Honda "That's."I often think that the U.S. ...
Greetings from J-List April 7, 2004
Hello from all of us in Japan! We're back safely from our trip to the U.S. We had a great ...
Greetings from J-List March 29, 2004
Hello again from all of us at J-List.Well, I'm off on another adventure in the U.S. The Japanese school year ...
So you want to teach English in Japan?
Okay, here we go with Peter's Generic Information on Teaching in Japan Wherein the author give some slightly cynical information ...
Greetings from J-List December 24, 2002
Holiday greetings from J-List! It's Christmas Eve, and we're set to have a great Christmas, as we've hopped across the ...
