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...]
Responses to my online translator post were mixed. Some people agreed, while others got defensive*. Past differences of thought aside, I found something today that argues unequivocally in favor of my point. It seems that … [Read more...]
December 27, 2007 - January 4, 2008 Every week (i.e. whenever time allows), I'll be doing a "Japan week in review." These segments will cover smaller news articles from throughout the week that we don't want to cover … [Read more...]
I know this is coming kind of late, but I sort of forgot to post this earlier D: Apparently, somewhere in Nagoya, 外人さん (Mr. Foreigner) "costumes" consisting only of a nose and a pair of eyes are being sold. Not the most … [Read more...]
When you've ridden the youtube village tricycle a few times, you'll realize that there are a bunch of undeserving popular folks, and just as many talented unpopular ones. Moonkey4U falls into the latter category.Though … [Read more...]
*Paraphrased translation of 「ブスの産地」日本一は「群馬県」 from the Shukan Shincho website. According to a recent online poll conducted by Livedoor, a Japan-based internet service provider, the women of Gunma Prefecture (群馬県) are … [Read more...]