Archive

    1. 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
    2. japan

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

      | Kristen Dexter
    3. japan

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

      | Rudy Barrett
    4. reviews

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

      | Michael Richey
    5. 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
    6. japanese

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

      | Chelsea Bernard
    7. japan

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

      | Adam Ledford
    8. reviews

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

      | Kristen Dexter
    9. japan

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

      | Rich
    10. interviews

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

      | Mami Suzuki
    11. japan

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

      | Mami Suzuki
    12. japan

      Japanese Legal Loopholes How Japan Looks Innocent While Breaking the Law

      | Rudy Barrett
    13. japan

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

      | Matthew Macewan
    14. japan

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

      | Kristen Dexter
    15. japan

      Japan's Garbage Disposal System Explained Sort or die!

      | Verity Lane
    16. japan

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

      | Mami Suzuki
    17. japanese

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

      | Kristen Dexter
    18. japan

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

      | Rich
    19. japan

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

      | Laguna Levine
    20. japan

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

      | Mami Suzuki
    21. travel

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

      | Shoko
    22. interviews

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

      | Kristen Dexter
    23. japan

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

      | Sanford
    24. interviews

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

      | Rochelle
    25. japan

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

      | Mami Suzuki
    26. interviews

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

      | Kristen Dexter
    27. japan

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

      | Austin
    28. interviews

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

      | Linda Lombardi
    29. interviews

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

      | Kristen Dexter
    30. japan

      The Cicadas' Song Japan’s Summer Soundtrack

      | Rich
    31. japan

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

      | Adam Ledford
    32. japan

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

      | Mami Suzuki
    33. japan

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

      | Linda Lombardi
    34. japan

      The Delicious Road: a Japanese Dessert Journey A north to south sweets expedition

      | Matthew Macewan
    35. japan

      Becoming a Child in Japan Learning Through Curiosity and Humility

      | Laguna Levine
    36. japan

      Top 10 REAL Pokemon You Can Find in Japan! Catch 'em all for realsies

      | Rudy Barrett
    37. japan

      How "Cow Poop" Became A Real-Life Japanese Family Name Looks good on a family crest

      | Mami Suzuki
    38. japanese

      Learn Katakana: The Ultimate Guide Memorize katakana in hours or days, not weeks or months.

      | Koichi
    39. japan

      Origami for Kids Improving Children's Minds One Fold at a Time

      | Rich
    40. japan

      The Road to Understanding Japanese Pottery A road made of bricks, which also used to be made like pottery!

      | Matthew Macewan
    41. japan

      Ghibli’s Uncertain Future, Post-Miyazaki Marnie, Goro, CGI, oh my!

      | Shoko
    42. japan

      Onigiri: The Rice Ball Perfectly seasoned, a pop of flavor from the filling, warm or cold, always delicious.

      | Sanford