A reminder that tomorrow night is the Tokyo DIY Gardening Workshop at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, a great new arts space in a converted junior high ....
20 Aug 4:28 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 

There was another interesting BBC News headline this week. Security update hits Windows PCs The headline wasn’t interesting because of a ....
26 Apr 12:54 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

I found a nice crash blossom on BBC News this morning, and I took a screenshot of it just in case the editors wise up to it. I’ve been on....
25 Apr 11:47 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

Just a quick post here on a small sample of comparative translation that I was fiddling with tonight. A co-worker brought up the English str....
8 Apr 12:36 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

Address: 1丁目132-1西味鋺, Kita Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan Telephone: 052-902-2651 Warm bath: yes Cold bath: yes Her....
5 Apr 9:27 am  from  SentoGuide   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Address: 4丁目20塚脇, Takatsuki City, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan Telephone: 072-689-6700 Website: http://www.yumeminosato.jp/ Warm bath:....
31 Mar 4:13 pm  from  SentoGuide   [Profile]  [Recent] 

As learners of a foreign language, we tend to underestimate the importance of metaphorical language. It’s not the learner’s fault, thou....
22 Mar 12:35 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

A lot of people who study Japanese are excited to have a native source on hand to confirm or explain some of the trickier bits of language. ....
18 Mar 11:31 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

Learning Japanese in a classroom setting, you probably won’t be getting into too many heated arguments, unless your class resembles Yankum....
22 Feb 5:26 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

I always make a point of telling my undergrad students that the difficulty of learning a language is relative. I give them an example, typi....
10 Feb 1:35 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

Almost exactly a year ago I touched a little bit upon what the textbooks don’t teach you, with examples like 中途半端 (ちゅうとは....
31 Jan 5:15 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

I’m interested in this idea of a natural link in the human brain between abstract properties of shape and sound. Originally put forth by W....
16 Jan 9:34 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

I myself enjoy visiting sento regularly. I go to my local one in Takatsuki at least once a week, and when I have time I also like to visi....
8 Jan 1:27 pm  from  SentoGuide   [Profile]  [Recent]