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...]
In the west, we like our media kingpins to be creative. And not just creative on a few things in their lives, but visionary geniuses we can laud as people worth worshiping. Walt Disney and Jim Henson are two great … [Read more...]
If you happened to see any of the Red Sox home games of this year's World Series, your eyes were no doubt drawn to two sets of handheld circular signs in the crowd behind home plate. Some loyal fan has brought these signs … [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...]
If you were to ask people to describe "Japan" or "the Japanese" in one word, there’s a pretty good chance that you’d hear one word over and over again: “homogeneous.” The Japanese have long prided themselves on the … [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...]