| 10:58am | Cool Products Friday, Monday, September 14, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 11:17am | Fun Japanese Vocabulary Words: Sukkiri Shita and Beyond | | | | The other day my wife gave me a haircut, since she insists that the place I usually go to -- the barber shop located inside an onsen near my house, surely one of the greatest achievements known to man -- makes it too short. When she was done giving me a trim, I shook my head and said, "Sukkiri shita!"... |
| 11:17am | Seasonal Japan and Autumn-Limited Beer | | | | Perhaps it's because I'm from San Diego, where the only two seasons are "nice" and "slightly less nice," but I never thought that much about the four seasons before coming to Japan. All of that went out the window when I got here and suddenly found my life changing a little bit each month as the calendar... |
| 11:16am | Differences Between Tokyo and Gunma | | | | I took a trip down to Tokyo yesterday for a meeting with a company about some dating-sim games. As usual, it was nice to get down to the city and feel the urban chaos all around me, and engage in one of my favorite activities, people watching. Whenever you go from my home prefecture of Gunma into Tokyo... |
| 11:16am | Cool Products Friday, September 11, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 11:36am | Bento Article at New York Times = Awesomeness | | | | Big shout out to the New York Times, who wrote an interesting article about Japanese bento culture (registration required) mentioning us, and our friend Maki over at JustBento.com. Bento, which J-List is proud to off to the world, is a fun way to enjoy a delicious and beautiful lunch. In addition to... |
| 11:36am | Cool Products Wednesday, September 9, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 11:34am | Japan [hearts] The Beatles | | | | It's hard to over-estimate the cultural impact the Beatles have had on Japan, and over the decades many a student of English has learned the language by translating and analyzing Beatles song lyrics. This is true of Tomo, the J-List employee who keeps our site stocked with interesting DVDs and Hello... |
| 11:34am | Taxes in Japan | | | | I got a question about how taxes work in Japan the other day from a Twitter follower, so I thought I'd write about that. By and large, Japan models its tax system on that of the United States, and the details of how taxes are declared and collected are quite similar between the two countries, as are... |
| 11:33am | Nosebleeds in Anime | | | | When you start to watch anime, you naturally encounter some concepts that may seem strange at first. Like those giant, emotion-filled eyes, the way a character will get a huge sweat drop on their head to show they're frustrated, or the strange phenomenon of sneezes being caused by people gossiping about... | | |
| 11:21am | Senpai and Kohai in Japan | | | | I write a lot about the Japanese concepts of senpai, an upperclassman in a school or a senior in an organization, and kohai, the opposite, and how important these concepts are for understanding the country. Foreigners in Japan unconsciously pick up on the senior/junior system, too, and try to help newly... |
| 11:21am | Internet-Influenced Advertising in Japan | | | | It's interesting to see how the Internet continues to change the world we live in. In Japan, it's common for print advertisements and TV commercials to present viewers with a computer search box suggesting a keyword they might use to find the company's website later, a practice called uebu yudo or "web... |
| 11:20am | Japanese Test English | | | | The other day my son took a standardized test to measure his academic ability compared with other students in Japan. While he aced the math and science sections, his English test result was a surprising 86%. How could a boy whose English is so good he can watch any movie without subtitles and appreciate... |
| 11:20am | Cool Products Monday, September 7, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 11:25am | Innovation and Recession | | | | It's interesting to see the way economic hard times bring out new innovation in people and companies. I read a news report that the convenience store chain Lawson was going to join forces with a popular line of drug stores to allow customers to buy medicine more conveniently. There are many laws that... |
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