Archive

    1. japan

      The Unwritten Rules Of Job-Hunting In Japan The nail that sticks out doesn't get the job

      | Mami Suzuki
    2. japan

      Invasion of the Species Beetles, vines, and seaweed! Oh my!

      | Adam Ledford
    3. reviews

      HiNative: The Review Can it answer "The Question?"

      | Koichi
    4. reviews

      Kawaii Box - The Tofugu Review The word "kawaii" can be very subjective

      | Kristen Dexter
    5. japan

      Halloween in Japan How Japan Made Halloween Their Own… Then Ruined It For Everybody

      | Mami Suzuki
    6. reviews

      A Dictionary of Japanese Grammar Just about the only time when a physical book will have more information than all of the internet, combined

      | Koichi
    7. travel

      Hamanako Music Box Museum - A Somewhat Magical World Of Automatic Musical Instruments I guess if you really love music boxes...?

      | Koichi
    8. travel

      Kuzukiri Lovers Only: Kuzukiri Yamaga Supposedly some really good kuzukiri, if your palate is refined enough

      | Mami Suzuki
    9. japan

      How to Find a Job in Japan as a Foreign Exchange Student Work it out!

      | Austin
    10. travel

      Shunkado Unagi Pie Factory - Have Your Pie and Get Eel With it, Too Who ever thought that eel cookies could be so good?

      | Koichi
    11. japan

      Who’s that Pokémon? Yōkai Edition! No Silph Scope Required

      | Kristen Dexter
    12. japan

      The Skeletal Structure of Japanese Horror Fiction Digging into the Guts of Japanese Folklore

      | Rudy Barrett
    13. reviews

      Japanese the Manga Way Learn real Japanese that real Japanese people read! Also comics.

      | Michael Richey
    14. japan

      Over a Thousand Years of Service: Japan’s Oldest Businesses Reign Supreme(ly Old) Where Tokugawa Ieyasu stayed and where the Meiji Empress ordered her mochi

      | Linda Lombardi
    15. japanese

      Wasei Eigo I Can't Believe It's Not English!

      | Chelsea Bernard
    16. japan

      Japanese Seaweed! There is More Than One Seaweed on the Menu!

      | Adam Ledford
    17. reviews

      Japanese Respect Language When, why, and how to use it successfully, at least, when you are able to read it

      | Kristen Dexter
    18. japan

      Shunga: Japan's Ancient Erotica This article is totally NSFW

      | Rich
    19. interviews

      The Life Of A Junior High Night School Teacher Teaching students by moonlight

      | Mami Suzuki
    20. japan

      The Minabe-Cho Government And The Rise Of Umeboshi Fascism Onigiri-only umeboshi

      | Mami Suzuki
    21. japan

      Japanese Legal Loopholes How Japan Looks Innocent While Breaking the Law

      | Rudy Barrett
    22. japan

      Japan's Three Climates A Virtual Journey Through the Wilds of Japan

      | Matthew Macewan
    23. japan

      Ono no Komachi and The Standard of Japanese Female Beauty How the Akita Bijin became the envy of Japan

      | Kristen Dexter
    24. japan

      Japan's Garbage Disposal System Explained Sort or die!

      | Verity Lane
    25. japan

      Yakan Chuugaku: The Japanese Night Time Junior High Where The Uneducated Learn To Read Good Hot, steamy, educational nights

      | Mami Suzuki
    26. japanese

      The Ultimate Guide To Becoming A Japanese Translator You've been dreaming it. Now make it real.

      | Kristen Dexter
    27. japan

      How to Spice up Your ALT Lessons with the Nine Intelligences A new strategy for English teaching in Japan

      | Rich
    28. japan

      10 Not-Japanese Foods Lost in Translation So close… yet so far

      | Laguna Levine
    29. japan

      Kamaboko - A Pureed Fish Cake Fit For Celebration The cake that can swim

      | Mami Suzuki
    30. travel

      Suzuhiro Kamaboko, The Fish Cake Museum Delicious fish pressed into a long cake

      | Shoko
    31. interviews

      How to be a Japanese Translator with Susanna Fessler Japanese literature Professor and Translator Tells All

      | Kristen Dexter
    32. japan

      Bishounen Girl meets boy, boy likes girl, girl meets girl-like-boy…

      | Sanford
    33. interviews

      An Interview with Medama-Sensei The Racism-Battling Monk of YouTube

      | Rochelle
    34. japan

      The Japanese Name Satou And Its Rise To #1 If you're family name is Satou, congratulations! You're the greatest

      | Mami Suzuki
    35. interviews

      How to be a Japanese Translator with Jonathan Lloyd-Davies Winner of the 2012 Shirley Jackson award in translation

      | Kristen Dexter
    36. japan

      Abenomics 3 Arrows Explained Finally you can understand what's going on inside Abe's head

      | Austin
    37. interviews

      Interview with Japanese Ghost Expert Zack Davisson Everything you wanna know about obake and yokai

      | Linda Lombardi
    38. interviews

      How to be a Japanese Translator with Jocelyne Allen Hear from a BL Manga Pro

      | Kristen Dexter
    39. japan

      The Cicadas' Song Japan’s Summer Soundtrack

      | Rich
    40. japan

      Komainu: The History of Japan’s Mythical Lion Dogs On your roof, guarding your shrine, and kicking kaiju butt

      | Adam Ledford
    41. japan

      A Long History of Japanese Names Where did all these names come from?

      | Mami Suzuki
    42. japan

      Kitsune: The Divine/Evil Fox Yokai A 50/50 chance you'll live

      | Linda Lombardi