There comes a time in every Japan lover's life when they find themselves considering the inevitable: Should I live in Japan? It's something that's crossed my mind before and has even become a reality for many of my good … [Read more...]
There's a new disease that's spreading across the world that can't be cured by conventional medicine and - guess what? - the Japanese gave it to us. After being on the decline for years, the clap is back and meaner than … [Read more...]
People have always had boundless creativity when it comes to doing harm to their fellow man – and a certain morbid appetite for watching them suffer. Nowadays, we get our (considerably tamer) kicks from hazing … [Read more...]
This anime season looks awesome. I can't remember the last time I was this impressed with an anime season's lineup. It's been a year since I started writing these quarterly anime roundups, and I can definitely say that … [Read more...]
Welcome back to part 3 of this Japanese vegetarian food series! We're more than half way there. In part 1, I go over some of the philosophies and ideas behind shojin ryori (Japanese Buddhist monk food). Then in part 2 I go … [Read more...]
All this week, a story has been pretty consistently making the rounds on Japan sites: from RocketNews24 to JapanToday to Japanator, a bunch of different sites have been really interested in the opening of a new … [Read more...]