Despite only owning a cat, I've always considered myself a dog person. More specifically, a Japanese dog person. Yes, I'm totally dogist against non-Japanese dogs (okay, Chow Chows and Malamutes are alright). On top of … [Read more...]
Skiing and snowboarding are two of my favorite things to do in winter. While I've never done either in Japan before, the country sure does boast some impressive looking locations. If you're interested in Japan, and have … [Read more...]
I love chuhai. If I had to choose a favorite Japanese beverage genre, it would most definitely be chuhai. It's cheaper and tastier than beer, comes in a multitude of flavors, and is readily available almost everywhere. … [Read more...]
If you pay attention to any traditional media outlets, everything is all doom and gloom in Japan. Leaf through the pages of any newspaper or cruise around any news site and you find article after article about how Japan is … [Read more...]
If you've been studying Japan or Japanese for any length of time, then you know that studying a different culture can challenge your basic, everyday assumptions about, well, pretty much everything. Before you started … [Read more...]
This is part two of two for my "Famous Foods of Every Japanese Prefecture" series. In part one, I covered the famous foods of the Central, East, and Northern prefectures of Japan. Now I'm going to cover everything else. … [Read more...]