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Mt. Fuji at Sunset. Featured Photo
Chasing the sunset West through Kanagawa. Mt. Fuji dominates the view over the over the Tomei Expressway.
10 Japanese Foods That Are Not Sushi
The Meat Lovers Guide To Japan.
You want to go to Japan, perhaps for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But you have one major worry; You...
Nagoya Station JR Towers and Chicago’s Sears (Willis) Tower
There are many parallels and similarities between these 2 buildings... From a personal point of view, the most obvious one is me.
Chicago and Nagoya are...
Tokyo Roppongi Hills 45-gigapixel panorama photo
This is an amazing 360 photo-panorama done by Jeffrey Martin for 360gigapixels.com. It shows everything around the Ropponggi Hills area except the Mori Building...
Speaking Bad Japanese leads to Giant Bug
Another minor setback in my attempt to speak Japanese led me to indirectly acquire the largest friggin' bug I have ever seen in my...
The Top 2 Frank Lloyd Wright Hotel Lobbies
Wright designed precious few hotels.
This was going to be a top 10 list, but to the chagrin of every student of architecture, Frank Lloyd...
Can You Be Kawaii in Full Hockey Gear?
You can if you are the Japanese Women's Olympic Hockey Team. It is a little strange seeing "cute" and "hockey" in the same sentence but...
Could Tokyo’s New KitKat Store Kickstart Japanese Tourism?
KitKat now has their own flagship store in Tokyo. The KitKat "Chocolatory" as it is called, is the first and only store of its kind. It is...
Meeting Kazunori Yamauchi
I have a continuing series where I meet famous Japanese people and attempt to talk with them in Japanese. This weeks disastrous episode is...
Baseball in Japan
The American Baseball Player.
Japan loves baseball. The longer you live there the more you realize how crazy they are for the sport. Team logos are seen...
Kyushu Japan’s New Luxuy Train; The Seven Stars
The Nanatsuboshi (which means "seven stars" in Japanese) is a new high end extravagant luxury train built by the Kyushu Railway Co.
Aside from it's...
Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics
Tokyo getting awarded the 2020 Summer Olympic Games is great news for Japan. A country that has taken a beating in the last few...
Italian Curry Cup Noodles
The Japanese love curry and they use it to flavor everything. Similar to American's and their nacho cheese. Here they are flavoring the classic...
Tokyo’s Takuma Sato Wins Long Beach GP
おめでとうございます。
Congratulations to Takuma Sato. The first Japanese driver to win an IndyCar race. Here are some more photos of the Race.
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Learning Japanese From Car Names, Honda Part 1 – Hiragana
This is an ongoing series where I explain concepts of the Japanese language through words that you already know; Japanese car names. (Car Names...
Learn Japanese from Car Names – Toyota Part-3, Toyota Logo
This is an ongoing series where I explain concepts of the Japanese language through words that you already know; Japanese car names.
Read Part-1
Read Part-2
The mid...
The Toyota Logo – Part 2
This is an ongoing series where I explain concepts of the Japanese language through words that you already know; Japanese car names.
Read Part-1 here.
For the...
Learn Japanese from Car Names – Toyota Part-1, Katakana
Toyota and Katakana (part 1)
This is an ongoing series where I explain concepts of the Japanese language through words that you already know; Japanese car...
