Culture

Misunderstanding

Pop Culture

‘Manga’: heart of pop culture
Coffee Japan’s favorite soft drink
Why Japanese Love Watching Celebs Eating
Man Stole for Money to Enjoy a Few Things

Books

100 Books for Understanding Contemporary Japan

Travel

Getting Around in Japan
Riding the Rail
Have you seen these signs?
Tokyos Rush Hour Rudeness
The Three Most Scenic Spots in Japan

Foreign Relations

Nihonjin I Presume
The Gaijin Debate
Not Fitting In In Japan
No Pets

History

Watch the Growth of Shinjuku from 1969 – 2004

The Humorous

How Asians Take Pictures

Technology

Mobile spam very discomforting for three in five Japanese
Ninja Typing Speed

Here are some more interesting links around the English/Japanese bloggosphere. Most of the links I try to get are to help better understand the culture in Japan as understanding the culture is a good way to understand the language. I only make these posts when I find 20 links I think are more interesting than others.

This time around I want to make a special thanks to The Nihon Sun and Turning-Iwatean. You all are making some great culture posts, so many in fact I can’t post them all.

Architecture

What $510.00 usd Apartment in Central Tokyo looks like

Cosplay

Cosplay Battle

Culture

Cost of living in Rural Japan
Yanki Boy
Youth Never Had it So Good in Japan
Hungry for Fish? Local Fish Markets Across Japan
What I think of School Uniforms

Foreign Relations

Top 10 Things NOT to do when Visiting Japan.
Studying and Working in Japan – Resources
Prejudiced?

History

Japanese Myths and Mythical creatures: Tanuki
Kimono
Noren Elegant Entryway Curtains from Japan

Marketing

Japanese Outdoor Media Innovations

Photography

The tuna auction at Tsukiji fishmarket
Fuji Five Lakes Hiking…
Around the neighborhood 9
Inohana Koen
Saturday Picture Post: Old Signs

Relationship

Happy Dates and Lovers Secrets

Technology

Cable Internet Rather Popular in Japan

Yakuza

Japanese Yakuza Hit by Recession

Here are some more interesting links around the English/Japanese bloggosphere. Most of the links I try to get are to help better understand the culture in Japan as understanding the culture is a good way to understand the language.  I only make these posts when I find 20 links I think are more interesting than others.

Architecture

A flat in Tokyo

Culture

You know you’ve been in America too long when… From a Japanese Perspective
About Kimonos
Japan, Nihon, Nippon, Jipangu, Yamato
Wrestling the Silk
Thoughts on Work Ethic in Japan
Japanese Banks

Food

Natto in Mito
Melonpan

Learning

How to Shorten Your Japanese
Raising bilingual children takes time, huge effort — and lotsa money
10 Best Japan Blogs for English Speakers
Japanese Particles [Cheatsheet]
Learning Japanese is like sitting on a Cold Rock

Misc.

Japan financial crisis

Photography

Views of Japan – March 31 2009
Tokyo Photo Walk 4
Random Photo Shoot 6

Relationship

What men cannot hope to understand about Japanese women
Japanese Women: Gold Diggers or Victims of Society?

Here are some more interesting links around the English/Japanese bloggosphere. Most of the links I try to get are to help better understand the culture in Japan as understanding the culture is a good way to understand the language.

Photography

Starting Photography – Street Photography
A Night In Osaka
Ghost Town Haikyo…
The Tokyoite: Crossing Yasukuni Dori

Food

Lunch-time habits in Japan

Japanese Language

Why are you learning Japanese
Learn to Read! Japanese Reading Lesson 004: はまやらわん

Technology

XBox 360 Best-Seller in Japan
Working at Amazon and Microsoft (Danny Choo)

History

The Meiji and Taisho Eras in Photographs

Geography

A Closer Look At Tokyo:Lesser Known Facts And Figures
Japan:A Closer Look at Kansai – Part 1
Japan:A Closer Look at Kansai – Part 2
Japan:A Closer Look at Kansai – Part 3

Culture

Making Geta – Traditional Shoes of Japan
The Healing Properties of a Japanese Onsen
An A-to-O guide to Japan’s obsession with blood types

Foreign Relations

The Profile of a Gaijin Whiner
Anti-Acts of Retaliation #1: Cock-Blocking Chikan

With all the stuff there is to read about Japan and its various cultures I often find interesting things with nuggets of information, or just plain funny stories.  Unfortunately, there isn’t a good way to bookmark these effectively.  Social Bookmarking sites don’t really work, talk to me in person if you want to know why.  So the next best thing is a blog post with links in them.

So this starts “Links Around Town” where I will post up links about Japan and the various cultural things that are going on that I find interesting or funny.  These are not the latest and greatest as I will only post this when I get 20 or so links.

Laws

Putting Japanese Cycling Laws to the Test

Dark Side

Ugly Tokyo: A Shibuya Neighborhood
Junk Japan

History

Pictures of foreigners from 17th/18th century Japan
Oldest Hotel-company in the World

Culture

Japan Doesn’t Get It
Making Geta – Traditional Shoes of Japan
Single Japanese Women and Marriage
“I’m on the train” annoys two in three Japanese
Kawaii
Graduation in Japan

Technology

One in Four digital TV plugged into the internet in Japan
Japan Optic Fiber Internet
Few Japanese women share their computers
Surfing with computer versus mobile in Japan

Web

Social Media in Japan
Blogging in Japan
Blogging in Japan 2

Foreign Relations

(can’t find the first one in this series keep getting 404)
Acts of retaliation #2: Joystick
Acts of Retaliation #3: Don’t you understand Japanese?