Category: Japan

Japanese study material has arrived

I have tonnes of Japanese study material, all kinds of text books, notebooks, workbooks, print-outs, websites and audio CDs bu

Two of the best cosplaying Photoblogs

I as I stated in my previous post about my own photoblog I have recently been taking a lot of photographs, gaining experience

Japanese “ru” verb practise

I’ve been doing my best to put aside some Japanese study time from time to time, because as I said in my post about wanting

I shall tame the beast called the Japanese Language

Yes I think of the Japanese language as a huge beast, but not an impossible task. It’s not like I think I am incapable o

A guest post by a true J-pop Fanatic

This is the first guest post on my blog. It was written by Justin from educatedwhore.com, a very cool guy and one of my newest

Tokyo World’s forth most Important city

Tokyo is the capital of Japan and according to a recent survey by the Independent Newspaper it is the most important city in a

Japan Extension Dreadist Society

Harvey, a fellow blogger on Japan related topics has a blog called Japan Newbie. He has lived in Japan for years and I swing b

Fingerprinting of all Foreigners entering Japan has begun

Yes, its now official all non-Japanese nationals or persons with special privileges and permission inside of or visiting Japan

Japanese Fashion Influenced by Crime

Fool pursuing robbers by disguising yourself as a soda machine, that’s just one of the various “ideas” being

Tokyo Motor Show 2007

The bi-annual Tokyo Motor Show has been going on in Chiba City Japan since October 26th and will official end on November 11th

Japan to fingerprint and photograph all foreigners

Japan is to fingerprint and photograph foreigners entering the country from next month in an anti-terrorism policy that is sti

What did English borrow from Japanese?

The English Language has many loan words from many languages, but we don’t care about those other languages except Japan

In Japan, even Manhole covers are Extraordinary

You must be one special person or set of people to collect manhole covers or pictures of them. But when these manhole covers a

Otaku smashes ATM screen

When I first read this I thought this was some sick joke are a misunderstanding but it turns out to be true. A young woman in

Japanese on top in Rubik’s Cube world championship

16 year old Yu Nakajima walked away with 5,000 (US$7,000) beating over 250 competitors from 33 countries to be crowned the 200

Tokyo Game Show 2007 Cosplaying

Aspiring cosplayers like myself look forward to events like TGS to get a peek into the country that invented the “hobby&

I want to wear Tokyo’s Skyline

Saw this over at sparkplugged today and now I am dieing to get me one of these Jackets. It’s urban, it’s hip, it&#

Nightmare – Raison d’ΓƒΒͺtre

I’m big anime fan and to me one of the most important parts of the anime experience is not even the anime itself but the

Tokyo VR Project

Every time I here or see anything related to Virtual Reality (VR) the stupid VR Troopers theme song plays in my head (we are,

Before and After Hurricane Dean – In Japanese

Hurricane Dean caused me to miss one of My Japanese classes and not surprisingly Tomoko sesei used the opportunity to give us

International World Skills Competition in Japan

Jamaica will be sending a team of contestants to take part in this year’s World Skills International Competition. Why am

Japanese “u” verb practise

After part one of my letter to all Japanese verbs it’s time to practice some, I hope to post lots of posts like these pr

Hiragana and Katakana explained

Hiragana and Katakana (together known as “Kana”) are simple, 50 character (4 of which are obsolete so most sources

Katakana Charts – Jamaipanese style ^_^

Hiragana Charts were posted less than two days ago and now it’s time for the Katakana version. Remember don’t worr