Hello! My name is Mami. I am from Japan, but recently moved to Canada. Having experience with foreign people in Japan, as well as being in a foreign place (♬ Ohhh Canada ♪), one thing I have noticed is the difficulty that … [Read more...]
Over the last few years of studying Japanese, I've met more than a handful of J-pop fanatics. Heck, some people I know owe all their mad Japanese skills to studying AKB48 lyrics like their life depends on it. Honestly, … [Read more...]
After one particularly controversial Japanese blog post last week, Japanese Twitter was blazing up (炎上/えんじょう) with tweets of anger and support. The topic? Trains. The controversy? "The reason I don't give up my seat on the … [Read more...]
Have you ever spent time with a Japanese person of the female persuasion? She probably carried around a purse, right? I bet she pulled out some interesting things out of it, like strips of oil-eating tissue paper, or a … [Read more...]
Summer is here in full swing and along with the scorching heat comes a new season of anime for us to enjoy. Spring 2013′s anime season had two great shows come out of it (Suisei no Gargantia and Shingeki no Kyojin) and … [Read more...]
The word "hengao" means "strange face" (変顔/へんがお) and it's just about everything you're probably imagining. Recently it's gotten popularized even more by the comedian ワッキー (Wakki) who is not only good at making weird faces, … [Read more...]