On Japan
Naked Gaijin Onsen Review: Gero Onsen
Gero; Takayama Line; Chubu Region No one has a good word to say about Gero. It is accused of being tacky,...
Article Rating: 10Japanese Journalist's article on Karoshi wins global media prize
Story by carole goldsmith | Posted 5th June 2008The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Asia and Pacific office advises that Japanese Journalist Misako Hida has won the ILO's...
Article Rating: 10Moving's A Real Bitch
Moving to a new apartment is always a complicated affair. Aside from trying to find a place that's gaijin friendly,...
Article Rating: 9The Grammar Wall Of Shame
It's interesting how teaching in Japan, you start to adopt the same incorrect grammar that you as a teacher are trying to dissuade your students...
Article Rating: 9梅雨 Japan's Fifth Season - The Rainy Season
Story by Freddy Benstein | Posted 4th June 2008I’ve been dreading this for nearly a month now. Ever since the weather started to get nicer and the days a bit...
Article Rating: 9Japanese pronunciation pt. III: initial consonants
Today, I'm going to look at Japanese initial consonants. There are a lot more of these than there are vowels, but...
Article Rating: 10Takashi`s Dairy - week 23
Story by Peter Sidell | Posted 4th June 2008Hello! I`m Takashi, a salaryman. Each week I regurgitate the same tired old jokes... I mean, I write my diary. Here`s what...
Article Rating: 8Cleaning Day in Our Neighborhood
Story by Freddy Benstein | Posted 2nd June 2008I can’t believe this! A lawn mower would finish this job in five minutes, yet here we are, five of us, hunched...
Article Rating: 10Nagoya Hikes: Sekigahara
The sight of a bloodthirsty battle and the beginning of the Tokugawa period is now a peaceful agricultural town.
Nagoya Hikes: Kamado waterfall hike
Waterfalls, rice fields and an Edo period stone path through the mountains It seems that the life...
Article Rating: 10Mystery of the Fava Bean
“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice...
Article Rating: 9Hito Me Bore !
Love at first taste would be the proper axiom for this rice, but the farmers in Miyagi who...
Article Rating: 10Browsing is OK at Conveni?
I was in a convenience store to copy a few pages of a book. I found the photocopy machine, set in the back, was surrounded by a couple of...
Article Rating: 10Asashoryu and Hakuho Vent Their Frustrations on One Another
Story by Freddy Benstein | Posted 26th May 2008“How about Asashoryu?” I asked a Japanese friend of mine. She gasped,...
Article Rating: 10Japanese Pronunciation pt. II: deceptively simple vowels
Today, I'll focus on vowel sounds—I'll deal with other aspects of Japanese pronunciation in another...
Article Rating: 5Japanese Pronunciation pt. I: introduction
Story by Matthew Ward | Posted 26th May 2008One of the biggest surprises I got when I first started studying Japanese was that my teachers spent very little time teaching...
Article Rating: 10Verandas: A place for laundry? Or something much more?
Story by Freddy Benstein | Posted 25th May 2008I was thrilled when I read through the description of my new apartment in Japan: Bathroom, kitchen and dining area, living...
Article Rating: 10Kotoshu, the first European Sumo Champion
Story by Freddy Benstein | Posted 25th May 2008“Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu is kadoban once more, meaning that he finished with a losing record last time and...
Article Rating: 10Hiroshima bombing
Well this is a hard subject to write about I have been to Hiroshima peace park only one time in my life about 11...
Article Rating: 8Takashi`s Diary - week 22
Story by Peter Sidell | Posted 22nd May 2008Hello! I`m Takashi, salaryman of the future. Really: the week before last I fell through a wormhole in the space-time...
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