Posted in Daily Life, Modern Culture, People, Traditional Culture, tagged family customs, good daughters, japan on July 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Several guys I work with have married their wives in their home countries but have come to Nippon to live indefinitely. They all give the same reason for leaving their jobs and starting a new adventure here in Nippon: their wives have aging parents and they want to help out with the family business or [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Modern Culture, People, Trivia, tagged carbon footprint, japan, recycling, save the earth on July 10, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The last time I checked, I was very green. By green, I mean earth-friendly; mostly because of the rules and stuff I have to follow because I live in Japan.
My carbon footprint, according to this calculator, is small. My trips home and occasional travels are the only factors that show a significant increase in my [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Modern Culture, People, Trivia, tagged japan, ufo catcher on March 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I have a dozen of stories about UFO Catchers… mostly involving people I know who are addicted to them. I’m not that into them myself, but I’m sure if I played it often enough, I could quickly get drawn into the dark side of UFO Catching.
UFO Catchers aren’t a new thing in Japan. In fact, [...]
Posted in Events, Modern Culture, People, tagged daini button, graduation, japan, japanese courtship on March 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
One of my junior high students wrote about a graduation ceremony at her school. She said that her sempai gave one of her friends a button but this friend didn’t particularly like this sempai. And also that one other friend took home 15 buttons but couldn’t remember from whom she had taken the buttons. Puzzled, [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Modern Culture, People, tagged japan, japanese, punctual, time on March 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I met up with two Japanese friends today. Usually when I meet up with friends, at least one of us is late. It is very common for us to send and/or receive a message saying something like “Gonna be 20 minutes late… I missed my train… sorry!” But I guess this ruins everyone’s perception that [...]
Posted in Modern Culture, People, Trivia, tagged japan, blood type, temperament, personality, ketsuekigata on March 13, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Just like horoscopes are sometimes used to determine the (somewhat generalized) characteristics of people in Western countries, blood types (血液型, ketsueki gata) are used in Japan. Anyone who’s been in Japan long enough, would have been asked what their blood type was (何型？ なにがた？ Nani gata?), then suddenly receive a seemingly knowing nod. [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Modern Culture, People, tagged future dreams, government worker, japan, salaryman on February 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The average Japanese salaryman does work and almost nothing else. And the average Japanese government worker does almost nothing. This is a very common notion that most Japanese people have. The average working man in Japan begins working straight after graduation, and serves the same company for about 40 years, slowly working his way [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Modern Culture, People, tagged friendship, honne, japan, tatemae on February 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I know a lot of foreigners who complain they lack Japanese friends. Japanese people seeking friendship with foreigners without the ulterior motive of free English classes are rare gems. It is rarer still to find Japanese friends who will accept you. I’m not sure that it really has something to do with us, though.
A few [...]
Posted in Events, Modern Culture, People, Trivia, tagged japan, weddings, white weddings on February 19, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This recent article on Japan Probe about Fake Wedding Ministers caught my eye. This is not a new thing in Japan but I have yet to witness one. I have read articles about it in the past. If I remember correctly, a piece was done on these White Weddings a few years back on Metropolis. [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Modern Culture, News, People, tagged bicycle courtesy, bicycle laws, japan on February 16, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Friends in Japan tell me that it’s really rude to use my bicycle bell. I always ask them what else I’m supposed to do make people - especially groups of people - move to the side when I’m cycling… I mean, I could very slowly cycle around them but then I’d still be risking hitting [...]
Message from the Researcher Dirk:
This website is designed to introduce you to my ongoing researches for my master thesis. I am a fifth year student in psychology and I am currently enquiring about the look that we, as the human beings, bring upon “Japanese animation”, a derived product of the “manga”.
|
 | Marie on Japanese Television and Takesh… |
 | Tombonator on Japanese Television and Takesh… |
| Marie on Good Japanese Daughters |
 | simaldeff on Good Japanese Daughters |
| Marie on Good Japanese Daughters |
7:10 to Tokyo Danny Choo Japanalyst Kirainet
