Tag: culture
group name: japanophiles
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October 02, 2006 06:36 PM EDT --
Hundreds of dark suits, carry satchels,
pack the evening train in a nightly procession.
Their children are safe, the street is clean,
they arrive in time for dinner.
This is Japan.
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August 19, 2006 08:15 AM EDT --
Do you know a Japanese trend word "Moe"?
Are you familiar with Otaku culture in Japan?
I worked as a scenario developer for those kinds of video games, wrote a screenplay's treatment that . . . more
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August 08, 2006 08:08 PM EDT --
The destination , Niigata terminal, was a busy town center with a good share of hotels within an easy walk. So, once again I found a hotel and asked for a room. Sorry. Japanese only. This was a first. . . . more
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December 11, 2006 06:08 AM EST --
Useless, but always fun. ;)
Of approximately 25,000 Japanese polled via the Internet, 93% of them DO NOT untie and retie their shoes. They simply slip them off and then back on, pre-tied. Many of them . . . more
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December 11, 2006 08:03 AM EST --
Like in China and other parts of Asia, noodles (especially ramen) are very popular. There are probably hundreds of thousands of ramen shops across the country selling their own variation. Many have the . . . more
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December 11, 2006 07:54 AM EST --
The Japanese love to bathe, thus they take their baths very seriously (as I am sure other bath cultures do as well). There, are in fact, three types of bathing: onsen (hot spring spas), sento (neighborhood . . . more
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December 04, 2006 12:07 PM EST --
I caught a cool video story today on NYT.com, about a Double Dutch competition held in Harlem. (You may have to do a search for it once you get to the NYT video page).
Interestingly, the competitive . . . more
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February 04, 2007 11:03 AM EST --
Here's a thought-provoking essay from the NYT about Joe Biden's use of the word "articulate" last week to describe Barack Obama (free registration required).
<blockquote>When whites . . . more
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September 09, 2006 07:54 PM EDT --
NOTE: This is an excerpt from the first chapter of my book, "Being Japanese American," which was published in 2004 by Stone Bridge Press. It's about the history and culture of Japanese Americans. . . . more
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December 18, 2006 11:37 PM EST --
(Former) Prime Minister Koizumi said in a press conference statement yesterday (August 27th, 2006) that he is deeply disappointed in the fact that the expressway through Tokyo spoils the beauty of Nihonbashi. . . . more
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September 10, 2006 09:56 AM EDT --
This was a blog post that I wrote for Denverpost.com in 2005, when I managed that Web site (I now live and work in Jersey City, NJ). I traveled there with my mom for only the third time since my . . . more
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October 15, 2006 06:00 PM EDT --
"Kintaro Walks Japan" is a video about a 24 year old American who walks from one end of Japan to the other and tries to find the birthplace of his father. The people of Japan are the stars . . . more
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January 11, 2007 08:23 PM EST --
What really irks consumers is that this is not an isolated case. Several years back, Yukijirushi pulled a similar stunt, by selling milk products produced in filthy equipment that actually sickened . . . more
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December 21, 2006 01:35 AM EST --
Note: The article I just posted got me to thinking about a column I wrote way back in the day, before blogs were a twinkle in some developer's eye, about Asians on TV. It's posted in the archives . . . more
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January 11, 2007 10:46 PM EST --
The currency in Japan is the Yen. One yen, is equivalent to one US penny (in terms of denomination, if not value).
But you cannot use the term 'yen' in Japan, without raising a questioning . . . more
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January 31, 2007 11:21 PM EST --
YIKES! Not totally uncommon though. Several years back, an older woman gave some kimono she no longer needed to charity. Turned out there was money hidden in them! The Japanese are fond of keeping . . . more
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January 11, 2007 07:18 AM EST --
What I really find sad about stories like this, is that not so long ago, Japanese youth were considered some of the most well-behaved in the world. Sure, there are always bad apples, but recently, the . . . more
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July 22, 2006 08:35 PM EDT --
Why would a perfectly sane 52 year old man ever try to learn Japanese ? Is it the challenge ? Or some other quirky motivation ?
Year 2002: I met a nice filipina on the internet and decided to go . . . more
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October 24, 2006 10:27 AM EDT --
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September 26, 2006 07:42 PM EDT --
Think "ukulele" and you'll invariably get a quaintly exotic image in your head (and the wrong pronunciation – it's "oo-koo-leh-leh," not "you-koo-leh-leh"): . . . more
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