Osaka Station (大阪駅), the third largest train station in the world, has undergone enormous renovations over the last couple of years, expanding, building up, and improving what's already there. Part of that renovation … [Read more...]
Goroawase means "wordplay" but I think it's quite a bit more interesting than that. In English, when I think of "wordplay" I think of comedy's highest and most elegant form of humor: Puns. In Japanese when I think of … [Read more...]
Poor Ryohei Yamanaka. I don't know a thing about rugby, but I still feel for the guy. Yamanaka is pretty hot stuff in the Japanese rugby circle, but he won't be very hot stuff for the next two years because he's been … [Read more...]
Japan isn't always, to put it nicely, the most politically correct culture. When it comes to other cultures, Japan can often be a little... blunt? One of the funniest (and best) examples of this is the anime "G Gundam." … [Read more...]
It's been about a month since we launched our "Japanese Resources Page" - on it we say things like "blah-didy-blah japanese resource this that etc" but we thought it would be fun for you guys if we just put our money where … [Read more...]
Remember that sweet music that started playing when Koichi finally found the cats of the infamous Cat Island? Want to relive that feeling of stumbling upon a clearing of cats live, in person? Do you like noble light … [Read more...]