Now that I'm back from Hawaii, I finally had the chance to wade through all the emails I decided to ignore until now (sorry if that was you!). A decent number of them were people worried about racism in Japan; mainly, they … [Read more...]
I've been in Hawaii the past week or so, a few days of which was spent with my host family from when I home-stayed in Japan in high school. Having them over here in America (though, Hawaii is about as Japanese as America … [Read more...]
I know this will be really basic for a lot of you, but recently, I've noticed a lot of people having trouble with which honorific to put on the end of a name. Not only have I gotten several emails specifically asking what … [Read more...]
Japan is the home of quite a few Guinness World Records (the world's longest concert being the most recent one I can remember), but now it's got another under it's belt: world's longest eyebrow. Toshie Kawakami, the 57 … [Read more...]
Those silly otaku are finally wishing they had met their moms. See? Never leaving your room does have implications. They are finally putting down their Gundam model constructor kit. They are finally putting Street … [Read more...]
Before we get started with this long overdue article, let's take a small quiz. No cheating! Tanuki are: A) Badgers, B) Raccoons, C) Wolverines, D) Raccoon dogs Here's a tanuki macro to help you out: The word … [Read more...]