I am, as my name may suggest, Japanese. I was born to ordinary Japanese parents, and I grew up like any other Japanese girl would in the outskirts of Tokyo. I grew up drinking bottles of Yakult, eating things like natto, … [Read more...]
Being an ethnic Chinese person living in Japan, I don’t exactly stand out from the typical Japanese person. Sometimes, I get comments from some of my other gaijin friends that it should be easier for me – after all, in a … [Read more...]
Japanese is one of those languages that is seen as mysterious and exotic to many Westerners. It may seem that way, but if you've read Part 1 and Part 2 of my "Borrower Language" series, or if you are familiar with … [Read more...]