Absolutely beautiful photos, thanks for sharing! I really want to go to Okinawa some day and try to...

Good to know that the JLPT wasn't very useful for you in job-related matters. I was going to do it...

Oh, there are my brethren! ^_^

The only time I had a nickname was when my best friend in middle/high school gave me one. Her famil...

I just got back from one of the closer cities and already, the Christmas stuff is out. It's all gau...

Not in my area - kids still use the buddy system. But I've seen it before in other places.

I'm currently in my first full-time job, technically. Everything prior has been part-time. Of cour...

Live and have lived in Japan. I currently enjoy a rent-free English teacher existence because my em...

This season's Heroes has kind of been meh, from what I've seen. I've been told the latest episode i...

I use the JMA's site because my town/area is so unimportant, no one has the weather for it. I end u...

I liked the first episode but I thought Taiga was fairly annoying. I think they'll start toning her...

I've never seen those before...now I'm curious. I'm guessing it has something to do with gardening.

I think there's a wider range of emotions in the Japanese ones so I tend to use them. However, if I...

Everyone knows everyone so the cops here are pretty good. I love how they double as crossing guards...

Thanks for the backstory...it really gives me motivation. Up until this year when decided to focus...

I've always watched mine subbed or raw. I was first introduced via subs and never really had the re...