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    Mami Suzuki

    Mami
    Suzuki

    Researcher / Writer
    Tofugu Staff

    Mami is a Japanese native who lives in Canada. She is a Japanese language researcher for Tofugu and helps create content. Lately, she is obsessed with finding out how the Japanese language works and what the best way to teach it to learners truly is. ♡ In case you are wondering, "Mami" is pronounced like "mommy," and she is also a real mommy of two adorable kids!

    25 Art/Photography Published

    2019-02-12 Million Dollar Café: The Karaoke, Free Food, Paintings-Everywhere Bar
    2019-02-12 Fūtendō Cave at Iwatoyama Kanzeonji
    2018-02-20 Genbudō Park: Hyogo's Five Famous Basalt Caves
    2018-02-13 Kinosaki Onsen Town: Relax in 7 Legendary Hot Springs
    2018-02-06 Gundam Cafe Akihabara: A Place for Giant Robot Fans
    2017-10-31 Momotarō Jinja: A Surreal Shrine to Japan’s Peach Boy
    2015-09-07 Aburaya - The Original Edo Period Inn in Haibara, Nara
    2015-09-02 Takeda Castle
    2015-08-27 Sakurajima - Japan's Most Active Volcano
    2015-08-24 Seria: Japan’s Best 100 Yen Shop
    2015-08-04 Daiki Suisan - Super Fresh Sushi
    2015-07-16 Daienji Temple and its Many Statues
    2015-06-11 Hamamatsu JASDF Air Park and Museum
    2015-06-04 Aton Toy Museum: 30,000 Vintage Toys in Nara
    2015-05-18 Nukumori No Mori: The Ghibli-Inspired Fantasy Village
    2015-04-16 Aka Island - Okinawa's Secluded Paradise
    2015-03-19 CLAMP COFFEE SARASA - Fresh Roasted Coffee in Kyoto
    2015-03-12 Nara's Gorgeous Flower-Filled Hasedera Temple
    2015-01-29 Tokyo's Pop-Up Toy and Candy Shops: Kashiya Yokochou Edoya
    2015-01-27 Meguro Gajoen's Million Dollar Toilet Room
    2015-01-20 SUMO Wrestling at Ryogoku-Kokugikan
    2014-11-07 Kuzukiri Lovers Only: Kuzukiri Yamaga
    2014-07-29 Toei Uzumasa Eigamura – Samurai & Ninja Park
    2014-07-29 How To Shoot A Samurai Film
    2014-06-04 Fresh Egg Vending Machine

    154 Articles Published

    2022-11-29 11 Japanese Expressions for Different Levels of Uncertainty
    2022-11-08 〜ている vs 〜てある vs 〜ておく: How Are They Different?
    2021-12-07 How to Use こそあど Words to Refer to Things You Can't See
    2021-10-12 Uchi and Soto: Complementary Concepts That Will Help You Learn the Ins and Outs of the Japanese World
    2021-09-07 Futokoro — A Deep Pocket Full of Unique Expressions
    2021-08-24 あける, あく, ひらける, and ひらく: Differences Between Four Different "OPEN"s in Japanese
    2021-07-27 に vs で: Which Particle To Choose And Why
    2021-04-29 中 vs 内: The Difference Between These Two Japanese Words for ''Inside''
    2021-03-23 New Japanese Learning Resources: Spring 2021
    2020-08-11 よ and ね: What Do These Particles Really Mean to Japanese Speakers?
    2020-07-21 New Japanese Learning Resources: Summer 2020
    2020-06-30 24 Other Ways You Can Say 考える
    2020-03-24 New Japanese Learning Resources: Spring 2020
    2019-12-17 New Japanese Learning Resources: Fall 2019
    2019-09-24 だ and です : Venturing Beyond Textbook Rules into Real-Life Use
    2019-09-20 New Japanese Learning Resources: Summer 2019
    2019-08-06 面: Counting Masks, Binoculars, Land, and Generally Anything that Has a Surface
    2019-06-11 基: Counting Big, Stable Things
    2019-06-11 発: Counting Shots, Hits, Punches, and More
    2019-05-09 カップ: Counting Cups and Cup-units
    2019-02-12 Million Dollar Café: The Karaoke, Free Food, Paintings-Everywhere Bar
    2019-02-12 Fūtendō Cave at Iwatoyama Kanzeonji
    2019-02-05 mAAch ecute: Akihabara's Best-Kept, Non-otaku Secret
    2019-02-05 Bar Lupin: Literary Greatness and Old-fashioned Cocktails
    2019-01-03 年: Counting Years and Planetary Orbits
    2019-01-03 月: Counting Months
    2019-01-03 日: Counting Days
    2018-11-19 時/時間: Counting Time and Hours
    2018-11-19 分: Counting Minutes and Edo Period Silver Currency
    2018-11-06 回: Repetitive Actions, Regular Events
    2018-11-06 階: Floors of a Building
    2018-10-23 羽: Counting Birds, Bats, and Bun-Buns
    2018-10-23 冊: Counting Books
    2018-10-23 人: Counting People and Smart Animals
    2018-10-02 本: Counting Long, Skinny Things
    2018-10-02 匹: Counting Animals, Bugs, and Wild Children
    2018-10-02 台: Counting Machines, Furniture, & Whole Cakes
    2018-10-02 枚: Counting Everything Flat
    2018-10-02 頭: Counting Those Big, Professional Animals
    2018-10-02 個: Counting (Almost) Everything and Anything
    2018-10-02 〜つ: Counting Everything and Anything
    2018-10-02 Getting Started with Japanese Counters
    2018-10-02 350 Japanese Counters Grouped by Usefulness
    2018-09-19 Ganbaru: Fight! Do Your Best! Never Say Die!
    2018-08-21 Japanese Name Enders: More than Mr. and Ms.
    2018-07-30 Japanese Numbers and How to Count ALL of Them
    2018-07-10 The Meaning of Genki: Going Way Beyond "O Genki Desu Ka? Hai, Genki Desu."
    2018-06-23 Nakagin Capsule Tower: Retro Future Living Space
    2018-06-21 Umebachiya: Real Veggies, Real Sweet, Real Edo Style
    2018-06-12 Chotto: A Little Word with a Lot of Ambiguity
    2018-06-07 How to Make a Reservation in Japanese
    2018-06-05 Park Hotel Tokyo: Where Each Room is a Work of Art
    2018-06-02 On the Marks: A Kawasaki Hotel for Hip Youths and Business Travelers
    2018-05-30 Here are Your Options for Getting Internet in Japan
    2018-05-15 Getting Into 込む Compound Verbs
    2018-05-01 We Rented a NEET: Someone Who is "Not in Education, Employment, or Training."
    2018-04-24 ChouChou POPON: The Tokyo Bar Filled with Model Trains
    2018-04-19 Nanachōme Kyōboshi: Ginza's Famous $400 Tempura
    2018-04-03 Anata no Warehouse: A Fancy Arcade Modeled After a Very Not-Fancy Place
    2018-03-27 Sushiya no Nohachi: Sushi Made from a Single Grain of Rice
    2018-03-22 Amano Freeze-Dry Station: Upscale Soup Shop
    2018-02-20 Genbudō Park: Hyogo's Five Famous Basalt Caves
    2018-02-13 Kinosaki Onsen Town: Relax in 7 Legendary Hot Springs
    2018-02-06 Gundam Cafe Akihabara: A Place for Giant Robot Fans
    2018-01-23 KITTE: Tokyo's Best Shopping Center for Fancy Things
    2018-01-16 1Kara: Tokyo's Place for the Solo Karaoke Warrior
    2017-12-28 Tofugu's Favorite Posts of 2017
    2017-12-21 First Cabin Akihabara: The Airplane Themed Capsule Hotel
    2017-12-07 Nalu & 76 Cafe: Getting Your Hair Cut in Japan
    2017-10-31 Momotarō Jinja: A Surreal Shrine to Japan’s Peach Boy
    2017-10-24 Kichijoji Yūrei: Tokyo’s Haunted Underground Izakaya
    2016-12-27 Tofugu's Favorite Posts of 2016
    2016-10-11 Your Step-by-Step Jikoshoukai Guide
    2016-09-20 The Meaning of Itadakimasu
    2016-04-25 Chibi: The Japanese Word That's Cute And Offensive
    2015-11-24 Tsundere: Understanding Anime’s Obsessions with the Cold/Warm Archetype
    2015-10-23 Bowing in Japan
    2015-10-08 Okonomiyaki – Japanese Soul Food at Its Finest
    2015-10-06 Meet The World's Only Hamburger Idol Group: Hamburgirl Z
    2015-09-22 The Day I Met a Japanese Superhero
    2015-09-07 Aburaya - The Original Edo Period Inn in Haibara, Nara
    2015-09-02 Takeda Castle
    2015-09-01 I'm an Idol Otaku (and Proud of It)
    2015-08-28 Japanese Homophones and How To Use Them
    2015-08-27 Sakurajima - Japan's Most Active Volcano
    2015-08-24 Seria: Japan’s Best 100 Yen Shop
    2015-08-20 Plataku - The Takara Tomy Plarail Cafe Full of Trains
    2015-08-04 Daiki Suisan - Super Fresh Sushi
    2015-07-30 Kaihou Souko: The Massive Japanese Secondhand Warehouse
    2015-07-27 The Daily Life of the Japanese Housewife
    2015-07-20 Interview with Chiptune Musician TORIENA
    2015-07-16 Daienji Temple and its Many Statues
    2015-07-02 Tonkatsu Shimizu, Kyoto's Rakugaki Bar
    2015-06-25 The Butsudan Altar Drive-Thru
    2015-06-24 What Is a Butsudan? And Why Are People Paying $630,000 for Them?
    2015-06-11 Hamamatsu JASDF Air Park and Museum
    2015-06-09 The Secret Japan Air Self-Defense Force Gundam – And Other Stories
    2015-06-04 Aton Toy Museum: 30,000 Vintage Toys in Nara
    2015-06-03 Inside the Japanese TV Industry: An Interview with a TV Salarywoman
    2015-05-21 A Day in the Life of a Japanese Monk
    2015-05-18 Nukumori No Mori: The Ghibli-Inspired Fantasy Village
    2015-05-11 What Does Baka Mean? Japan’s Most Popular Profanity
    2015-04-27 A Tour of Shueisha, Japan's Largest Manga Publisher
    2015-04-16 Aka Island - Okinawa's Secluded Paradise
    2015-04-13 Interview with Araki Joh, the Best Selling Writer of Japan's Most Intoxicating Manga
    2015-03-26 The Osaka Highway That Lives in a Skyscraper
    2015-03-19 CLAMP COFFEE SARASA - Fresh Roasted Coffee in Kyoto
    2015-03-12 Nara's Gorgeous Flower-Filled Hasedera Temple
    2015-01-29 Tokyo's Pop-Up Toy and Candy Shops: Kashiya Yokochou Edoya
    2015-01-27 Meguro Gajoen's Million Dollar Toilet Room
    2015-01-20 SUMO Wrestling at Ryogoku-Kokugikan
    2014-11-17 The Unwritten Rules Of Job-Hunting In Japan
    2014-11-11 Halloween in Japan
    2014-11-07 Kuzukiri Lovers Only: Kuzukiri Yamaga
    2014-10-20 The Life Of A Junior High Night School Teacher
    2014-10-17 The Minabe-Cho Government And The Rise Of Umeboshi Fascism
    2014-10-08 Yakan Chuugaku: The Japanese Night Time Junior High Where The Uneducated Learn To Read Good
    2014-10-01 Kamaboko - A Pureed Fish Cake Fit For Celebration
    2014-09-24 The Japanese Name Satou And Its Rise To #1
    2014-09-10 A Long History of Japanese Names
    2014-09-03 How "Cow Poop" Became A Real-Life Japanese Family Name
    2014-07-30 Takahiro Hotta - The Samurai Actor That Has Killed 10,000 People
    2014-07-29 Toei Uzumasa Eigamura – Samurai & Ninja Park
    2014-07-29 How To Shoot A Samurai Film
    2014-07-22 Traveling The Hidden Spots Of Japan With MATCHA
    2014-07-07 Interview About Lang-8's New Service: HiNative
    2014-06-05 The Empire Built On Egg Shells
    2014-06-04 TanKuma - Raw Egg On Rice Restaurant
    2014-06-04 Fresh Egg Vending Machine
    2014-06-04 Raw Egg On Rice Is A Japanese Feast
    2014-05-13 How To Speak Beautiful Japanese
    2014-04-25 How Japanese Black Companies Oppress Workers and Ruin Lives
    2014-04-02 Hafu: Japan's Obsession with Mixed-Race People
    2014-03-11 The Picturesque Bento Art Of Hige-Man Ume-Chan
    2014-02-21 A Man With A Mustache In A Country Without Facial Hair
    2014-02-17 Nishinari
    2014-02-13 Why Japan Historically Hates Mustaches (And All Other Facial Hair Too)
    2014-02-06 The Real Japanese Monk's Guide To Buddhism In Japan
    2013-12-23 How To Celebrate Christmas In Japan
    2013-11-22 Stupid Women Are WonderFool in Japan?
    2013-11-12 Let's Talk About Japanese Cram School
    2013-11-01 How To Celebrate A Japanese Birthday
    2013-10-23 Kokuhaku: Japan's Love Confessing Culture
    2013-10-11 How To Avoid (Or Even Find) A Stigmatized Property In Japan
    2013-09-20 The Reason I Don't Want to Dye My Hair Black Again
    2013-09-13 Keigo: The Importance of Politeness in Japanese
    2013-09-06 Joshi-Mane: Female Manager Sensation in Japan
    2013-08-30 The Curse Of Ghibli
    2013-08-23 Did Nara’s Giant Buddha Statue Prevent A 7.8 Earthquake?
    2013-08-15 My Conspiracy Theory Nut Neighbor, Totoro
    2013-08-09 My Japanese Education
    2013-07-30 Everybody Makes Embarassing Language Mistakes
    2013-07-19 The Difficulty of Names
    2008-02-09 Talk Like A Samurai