When I wrote “Did Nara’s Giant Buddha Statue Just Prevent A 7.8 Earthquake?”, I received a request to write about Japanese Buddhism. However, I thought it would be tough for me because I’m not a practicing Buddhist so I … [Read more...]
A long time ago we learned a few things about "How To Celebrate A Japanese Birthday" from my previous article. What’s next? Well, since I've been writing about "love" lately, I thought it would be fun to talk about a … [Read more...]
馬鹿 (Baka) means stupid in Japanese and came from the Sanskrit word "baka" which means for "ignorance" and "illusion." In Japan, the usage of "baka" started at the end of the Kamakura period (1185–1333). Nowadays we use … [Read more...]
I talked about My Japanese education a while back, but wasn’t able to adequately discuss Japanese cram schools(塾/juku). So, why don’t we talk about that today? Cram schools are specialized schools that train their … [Read more...]
In Koichi’s previous article, "What It’s Like Dating A Japanese Girl," he wrote about Dale’s interesting New Year’s Eve experience with a Japanese girl, and I thought it would be a good idea to learn about the other … [Read more...]
I recently wrote "Dating A Foreigner (From A Japanese Perspective)" and I received a lot of interesting feedback and I thank you all. One particularly resounding message from you all was that many people wanted to hear … [Read more...]