Tag: japanese

Liar Game – A Competition for Liars

My Japanese drama plunge continues and my latest review is of Liar Game, the first Japanese drama series of the few  have wat

I met Sachiyo Morimoto yesterday

Who is that is probably the first thing you are asking after reading the post title above. Sachiyo Morimoto is a Japanese jour

In Japan People Dance for Chewing Gum

What do you get when you mix two super famous people, dancing, 1 million yen, catchy music, chewing gum, a brilliant marketing

BBC website offers a touch of Japanese

I recently surfed into an unexpected but interesting and very useful Japanese learning resource on the BBC website called A To

Akihabara@DEEP – the Otaku J-Dorama

Akihabara@DEEP is a very interesting drama and the third series I have seen through to the end. The series combines action and

Japanese Commercial – Inochi-kun!

Commercials appearing on Japanese television can be quite…how can I say this…. “entertaining”. I have

Katakana Natto Challenge Lost

I boldly challenged Chris when he jokingly tweeted an open Katakana study challenge on iKnow (now Smart.fm). Unfortunately I c

iKnow rebranded as Smart.fm

For the past day or two the  iKnow website was down and displaying message saying that they were doing major upgrades on the

Nobuta wo Produce

Nobuta wo Produce is the second Japanese drama I have taken the time to watch properly and see through to the end. My Japanese

51 Japanese Characters card set

51 Japanese characters is a card set of 51 unique illustrations of many characters typically found in Japanese society made by

My Boss My Hero – Hilarious Japanese Drama

My Boss My Hero was one of the first suggested series when I asked my readers to recommend some Japanese dramas for me to watc

Japanese Author writes about Gender and Sexuality in Jamaica

A Japanese author named Sachiyo Morimoto has teamed up with Jamaican scholars, entertainers and regular citizens to write a bo

Learning Japanese Online with iKnow

A few weeks ago I was introduced to iKnow to by Jonas from yonasu.com. After kicking myself for not knowing about this service

Japanese Calendar Exhibition and Charity Sale

Yesterday I received a call and was told about a Japanese Exhibition and Charity Sale at  the last minute by a friend from th

Finally Taking the Japanese Drama Plunge

Lately I have been practicing more Japanese and will be making more updates on my progress in Japanese this year in the form o

My Japanese Coach – Update

It’s about a month now since I’ve been playing the Nintendo DS game My Japanese Coach in my spare time. So far Mos

I’ve bought My Japanese Coach for the Nintendo DS

I’ve been meaning to buy a title for my Nintendo DS that would aid my study of Japanese and my latest purchase for my DS

Learning Japanese is complicated but not difficult

This is my entry for September’s Japan Blog Matsuri on the topic “The language of Japan” being hosted by Tae

Really Expensive Japanese Grapes

Thought 10,000 yen was too much for for a square watermelon? Think again…How about 100,000 yen for a bunch of grapes! A

Japanese Web Browser – Sleipnir

Sleipnir is a web browser from Japan based Fenrir & Co a software company from Osaka. Recently an English version was rele

Riyo Mori in a swimsuit!

Miss Universe 2007 was Riyo Mori the Japanese beauty who went on to dazzle geeks and otaku worldwide in the shortened season 2

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

Japanese Teaching Material Handing Over Ceremony

The Japanese teaching material handing over ceremony yesterday was a great experience. I met many people the most important of

Speaking Japanese is hard but English is even harder

A friend of mine sent me this video in an email. Many English language speakers like me who are studying Japanese find it very