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Cool Products Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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 ....
15 Sep 5:55 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese and American Cultural Identity
It's interesting having kids who are half Japanese and half American, and my wife and I put quite a lot of thought into what kind of identit....
13 Sep 5:31 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Big and Small Kanji on Japanese Toilets
One of the first great mysteries foreigners encounter in Japan are toilets with a handles that turn in two different directions, with the ....
13 Sep 5:29 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Koseki, the Japanese Family Registry
Japan's Case of the Mysteriously Vanishing Elderly continues, and now it seems there are an amazing 234,354 centenarians listed as &qu....
13 Sep 5:28 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cool Products Monday, September 13, 2010
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 ....
13 Sep 5:27 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Bilingual Switching
The other day I was sitting in a jacuzzi, pretending I was in a bubbling onsen hot springs bath back in Japan. (To an onsen otaku like mysel....
10 Sep 4:44 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Anime "Year of Tears"
It was a year ago Saturday that Crayon Shin-chan creator Yoshito Usui died after falling 100 meters down a sheer cliff, oddly enough in J-Li....
10 Sep 4:09 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The "Correct" Way of Doing Things in Japan
One aspect of Japan that appears odd to us free-thinking foreigners is how strict the educational system can be, especially elementary and j....
10 Sep 4:09 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cool Products Friday, September 10, 2010
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 ....
10 Sep 4:07 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cheap Places to Stay in Tokyo
Japan is an expensive place, and travelling inside the country can be costly, although there are some good ways to keep travel costs afforda....
8 Sep 5:43 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Population, +1
The subject of Japan's shrinking birth rate -- called shoshika in Japanese -- is something I write about a lot, since it's talked about ofte....
8 Sep 5:43 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cool Products Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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 ....
8 Sep 5:42 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese and Omiyage (Souvenirs)
If you ever visit Japan, it's good manners to bring gifts called omiyage (oh-mee-YAH-gay) to Japanese you will be visiting or who you might ....
6 Sep 3:33 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Virtual Girlfriend Tour in Atami
About 100 km south of Tokyo there's an interesting resort town called Atami, whose onsen (volcanic hot spring baths) have been famous for mo....
6 Sep 3:32 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese and English Grammar
There are many approaches to studying a foreign language, including the Communicative Method, stressing verbal communication with other stud....
6 Sep 3:32 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cool Products Sunday, September 5, 2010
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 ....
6 Sep 3:31 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Deflation and Japan
For the past fifteen years, Japan has been fighting against the spectre of defure or deflation, in which prices decline in real terms rather....
1 Sep 5:23 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Unhealthy Food
It's interesting being back in the U.S., because I get to experience that rarest of sensations, reverse culture shock, when things I see in ....
1 Sep 5:23 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cool Products Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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 ....
1 Sep 5:22 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Most Famous Japanese Person In The World
The question of who the most famous Japanese person in the world is can be fun to debate. In previous eras the honor went to men like film d....
1 Sep 5:22 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Creative Like a Child
"If Burger King married Dairy Queen, their child would be Jack in the Box." This bit of wisdom was uttered by my Japanese son one day when w....
30 Aug 6:08 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Samurai in New York in 1860?
If you're in the New York area, you might consider checking out the exhibition Samurai in New York: The First Japanese Delegation, which fea....
30 Aug 6:04 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Foot Superstitions
The other day I happened to see my newphew's bare foot, and I noticed that his middle toe was longer than his big toe, and I told him, "Well....
30 Aug 6:04 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cool Products Monday, August 30, 2010
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 ....
30 Aug 6:03 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Skunks and Hummingbirds in Japan
I continue to enjoy my time in the U.S., zooming around San Diego in my Mazda Miata, my favorite car in the world. One drawback of a convert....
27 Aug 5:55 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Japanese and Simplified English
Whether you're talking about Singapore or South Africa, Jamaica or Japan, every country is going to adapt the English language to their own ....
27 Aug 5:53 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Japanese Love to Buy American
Japan is absolutely one of the most pro-American countries in the world, with most people possessing a positive view of the U.S., a trait th....
27 Aug 5:53 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cool Products Friday, August 27, 2010
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 ....
27 Aug 5:52 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Repeating Words Are Cute-Cute
One fun group of Japanese words consists of a single word repeated twice, which makes the words more charming and fun to use. For example, t....
25 Aug 5:40 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
By the Light of the Fireflies
It's funny how different inputs -- such as a simple song -- can push different emotional buttons depending on what culture you hail from. Wh....
25 Aug 5:40 pm  from  peterpayne.net   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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