It's hard to imagine a more boring topic than the weather. While weather is one of the most common topics of conversation, The Weather Channel competes with CSPAN for the channel that can put me to sleep the … [Read more...]
Every Sunday we gather the week's weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]
There are some videos that I never get sick of watching; among them is 森の安藤, or “Mr. Ando of the Woods,” a bizarre animated short about a penguin who saves a community of forest animals from the evils of human … [Read more...]
Most people have a pretty idealized image of Japanese food. When they think Japan, they think of sushi, yakitori, bento and the like. But Japanese food is much more globalized than most people realize. One of the most … [Read more...]
When it comes to trains in the US, things are pretty ho-hum. There are a lot of commuter trains across the country and a few Amtrak lines, but nothing with much style. Fortunately Japan, with its love of trains, has its … [Read more...]
Happy New Year! I've got some bad news for you: this year is going to suck. Well, not for all of us, but for those of us at a particular age, 2013's going to be a really awful year. The best you can really do is just … [Read more...]