Interesting Japanese – だてメガネ / だてマスク
| A trend most often associated with hipster fashion, we all know those guys and girls who walk around wearing glasses that don’t have lenses. What the use is of…
冬と言えば、ミカン!
| Winter is mikan season here in Japan! Both delicious and chock full of healthy vitamin C, it’s easy to see why this fruit is so popular in Japan around…
Aiko-sensei’s birthday
| Yesterday was Aiko-sensei’s birthday! She turned 20 years old this year (again!) and received no less than 2 different cakes! Here she is, pictured with the cake she received…
Flu season
| Is your nose running? Are you coughing? Are you hot and shaky, and not because you’re ripping up the dancefloor? Bad news: you might have the flu. That’s right,…
Interesting Japanese – シャカ男
| シャカ男 (“shaka-o”) is an interesting combination of the words “シャカシャカ” (onomatopoeia for the canned, muffled sound of synthesized drumbeats heard through earphones) and 男 (おとこ) – man. Basically, シャカ男…
Currency converter problems
| The currency converter we use on our website to show prices in a variety of different currencies stopped working recently, so we’ve had to take it offline. We’re working…
亀レス
| Here’s some more interesting Japanese for you. Say someone wrote you an email, and, being the dilligent Japanese language student you are, you’ve just been too busy practising your…
Japanese news made easy
| Here’s one for all our students who are interested in Japanese news, but have a hard time understanding all the difficult kanji: The NHK NEWS Web website hosts a…
Car-sharing
| Still being a relatively new service, not many people know that car-sharing is available in Japan. Car-sharing is like renting a car, but on a short-term basis (anything from…