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I've written before about how Japan seems to be a very harmonious place, where people are more or less on the same wavelength about most things. While this leads to a happier, more stable society all around, it also creates a certain degree of "tyranny of the masses" in which, say, it becomes ...
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Trash
When you drive in the city of Takasaki, located next to J-List's home of Isesaki and the Gunma prefectural capital of Maebashi, you can tell there's something different about the place. The roads are much more cramped and narrow than normal, enough so that I actually get tired when driving ...
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J-List is stocked to the brim with awesome products from Japan, which you can order and receive in plenty of time for Christmas. We've got rare toys, charming traditional products from Japan , awesome 2010 calendars , warm hoodies and T-shirts and fun Japanese snacks that'd be fun to give to ...
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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. ...
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It's not every day a Macross movie comes out, so my son and I headed down to our local theatre to check it out. It was the theatrical release of the Macross Frontier series, which tells the story of the 25th colonial fleet to depart after the final Zentraedi battle of 2009. The movie was great, ...
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Macross Frontier
When I came to Japan in 1991, I brought with me a large body of knowledge of Japan's popular culture, from anime to manga to Ultraman . While it was nice to have this information handy, the reality was that the "true" Japan I encountered was -- of course -- not the same as the stylized world ...
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An American friend came to visit me over the weekend, and I drove to the train station to pick him up. Like me, he'd lived in Japan for quite a long time, and had unconsciously internalized the various customs all around him. He did what many Japanese do when visiting someone, bringing a gift ( ...
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J-List is receiving tons of orders as our customers all around the world scour our site for the perfect gift ideas. J-List is a really great place to find that special gift you're looking for because we've got such a range of fun "random" items from Japan, it's not hard to find something that ...
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Star
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. ...
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The other day my wife asked me, "Is it 2008? Or 2009? I forget." This would probably be difficult to do outside of Japan, but here it's possible here due to the Japanese calendar system, which marks years by the current Emperor. The current year is Heisei 21, the 21st year of the reign of ...
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The three most important names in Japanese history are the "three unifiers" who brought the country out of its chaotic "warring states" period, and today these three men are so popular that you can find self-help books on how to pattern your life after theirs. First was Nobunaga, who nearly ...
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Nobunaga
Although I've been in Japan for 18 years, there are some things I've never really mastered, like eating nattou , the famous fermented soybeans that my kids love to have for breakfast. I can't read "air kanji" that a Japanese person will write with their finger, and I have trouble perceiving ...
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Air
There's almost an unlimited number of gift ideas at J-List. One good place to start looking might be ourextensive selection of Totoro and Ghibli products , or our new Hello Kitty & Sanrio page . In addition to our printable PDF J-List gift certificates, you can now give iTunes Japan Music ...
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Anime USA
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. ...
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You've been in Japan too long when you air-drum in your car while listening to the U.S. Military radio news opening, which goes "here's what happening...around the Kanto Plain." The primary source of English-language radio in the Tokyo area is the Far East Network (now known as American Forces ...
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America
Because the Japanese generally study six years of English during junior high and high school, there's a tendency for English vocabulary and grammar to "leak" into the Japanese language, resulting in some interesting new creations. In my last update I wrote that my wife is a shikaku getter or a ...
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Just!!
The other day TV viewers in Japan got a treat: Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt appearing on the popular variety show Bistro SMAP. SMAP (which stands for "Sports Music Assemble People" in case you were wondering) is a popular -- what? boy band? post-boy band? they all pushing 40 so let's go with ...
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J-List is locked and loaded to help make your Christmas extra special this year, with thousands of amazing products that are usually hard to find outside of Japan. But how to choose what great gifts to buy? We've got plenty of fun Hello Kitty and Sanrio items , the most excellent soft Totoro ...
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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. ...
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The Japanese love to take standardized tests, and many people use them as a tool to better themselves over the course of their lives. While most of the tests are pretty run-of-the-mill, qualifying a person's abilities at speaking English, say, or using various software tools in a business ...
