I know it's a couple days late, but to usher in the new year, I thought I'd make some mochi soup and sing you a New Years song! Mochi soup (ozoni | お雑煮) is eaten mostly during the New Years, though apparently it used to be … [Read more...]
I've always been a big fan of traditional wood block prints (and similar Japanese art styles), but now I think I'm a bigger fan of Japanese traditional... er... video block prints? A friend of mine who splits his work … [Read more...]
First resolution: Don't write a cliché "New Years" post. Whoops. It's been a nice and busy year, but there's a lot planned for 2010. Thank you all so much for your support over the years (wow, multiple years!) - here's … [Read more...]
I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas (if that's what you celebrate), full of Christmas Cake and KFC. Yum! Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra raaaa! One of the things that almost every Japanese learner has trouble with (if … [Read more...]
When you think of Japan, you think of serene temples... succulent sushi... and horribly fluorescent light wrestling matches? Apparently now you can. I think that we can all agree that doing battle with fluorescent … [Read more...]
One of the most common e-mail questions I get is "Should I buy Rosetta Stone Japanese?" It's time to put an end to this e-mail silliness. From now on, I get to link to this post and video. Hopefully you, whoever "you" are … [Read more...]