Every Sunday we gather the week's weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]
A lot of art out there goes over my head. It's my fault, really -- I'm not very educated in art and don't usually understand the context. But some art I look at and just get. Not because I understand its place in art … [Read more...]
Earlier this week, some bonsai trees were stolen from their owner in New South Wales, Australia. You'd think that the theft of some plants would be pretty unremarkable (Not my ferns, take anything but my ferns!), but these … [Read more...]
Japan owes a lot to China, there’s no doubt about that. Almost all Japanese kanji were adopted from Chinese characters. Even hiragana and katakana are just random modified bits of Chinese characters. … [Read more...]
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. -Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin To some people, Iron Chef was just a TV show. It ran for about a decade in Japan and had a few, less successful spinoffs around the … [Read more...]
Of course, there are plenty of resource out there to help intermediate and advanced learners of Japanese to practice their reading. They can use any Japanese book, manga, blog, or website and study away to their heart's … [Read more...]