Until further notice this blog remains here for archival purposes and is not actively posted on. It is unclear as to when this will change, but this is to let you know.

Who are the Ainu?

October 9, 2009

The Ainu are considered the natives to Japan, similar to Native Americans being the original peoples to the United States. They are actually very similar to the Native Americans because their culture/economy was based around farming, hunting, fishing and gathering; along with having their own language, culture, and religious distinctions. The Ainu were originally concentrated [...]

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Japanese for Where Things Are

October 7, 2009

In another post we had a video on object placement. Today we are going to go beyond an objects relative position to the speaker and discuss relative position to other things or places. This is, after all, more well used, some examples might be: The building to the right of the post office. On top [...]

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K-ON! – not really all that it is cracked up to be

October 5, 2009

K-ON! Seems to be like it is pretty popular, but really I can’t figure out why. Maybe it was just over-hyped to me. Not saying it was bad, in-fact I did like it. However, not really sure what all the fuss is about, especially Mio. The only reason I can see why people like her [...]

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Godzilla Fest – The Day Of

October 4, 2009

The first annual Tulsa Godzilla Fest was a lot of fun to be able to participate in. I was there as the president of my school’s Japanese Language Club. We had some tables there to help show some of the things of Japan and try to get some donations for our club. So how about [...]

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Godzilla Fest Schedule

October 2, 2009

Here is the Schedule for Godzilla Fest. I just wanted to post it up so that others could see it. I am very excited. While I wont be able to participate fully because I am helping man a booth for a Japanese Language club. I am excited that we are having this in Tulsa to [...]

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TV Asahi and TBS Now on YouTube

September 29, 2009

Yesterday, there was announcement that TV Asahi and TBS are going to YouTube to stream their video content to users. They are wanting to use the popularity and the backbone of YouTube to offer quality service to viewers. However, I am not sure if something is getting lost in translation or not because what I [...]

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Most of Japan doesn't have Infrastructure for Cyclists

September 27, 2009

When I think of transportation in Japan I think Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift and bicycles. I think bicycles because I see pictures all the time when I see pictures of Japan. So to me it is amazing that they don’t have an infrastructure for cyclists when my area spends millions of dollars on it [...]

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Japanese Speech Competitions

September 26, 2009

Speech competitions may be an interesting way to practice and get some critiques of your speaking ability and a fun way to really put yourself out there and force you to grow as a speaker. Here are some videos of people doing there speech competitions. These are all gaijin’s doing speeches. I took a look [...]

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My Custom Made Desk

September 25, 2009

I have gone through several desks, but none have I ever truly liked completely because they never seemed to fulfill my needs fully. It seemed like all the desks would fulfill 1 or 2 things but never all of them. So finally I decided to make my own. While it isn’t pretty I consider what [...]

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Where To Go From Here When You are Burnt Out

September 24, 2009

Burning out happens, but it is a good time to get going again. Recently, a commenter left a comment about how they are learning and some of the problems. Here is the comment: Comment by: Kirlanda Hi, I actually just stumbled on to your site. Because I’m not in any type of college course for [...]

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