Tag Archives: History
Rangaku Learning About the West
Rangaku is the term used for “Dutch Learning” and started the Japaneses curiosity about the west from finding an anatomy book. From there it moved to all sorts of subjects some examples are: Political Science, Astronomy, Medicine, Physical Science and Cooking, and many more.
The Dutch were the first westerners to find Japan and they had [...]
Help Save a Dying Language
If you know of a dying language and you know people that speak it who are trying to save that language. You should point them to the Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program. I was poking around their site and noticed they have a program available to help save dying languages. This piqued my interest more [...]
Boy Scouts in Japan
The title is a bit misleading, but serves our purposes as a starting point. First I want to bring up that I am an Eagle Scout in the “Boy Scouts of America” and strongly believe in the values, skills and life lessons I have learned in Boy Scouts having been in it for almost 20 [...]
Links Around Town 5
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 [...]
Links Around Town 4
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 [...]
Links Around Town – 2
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 [...]
Links Around Town – 1
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. [...]
Japan Eras
Japan has a colorful and long history compared to america. If it is half as interesting as my own country then it should prove to be fun to research. I know in learning the history of the United States I have learned a lot of valuable life lessons and especially things not to [...]
