Articles in Japan
Halloween in Tokyo
Some said it was “just not Japanese†to trick-or-treat and since Japan already had its own festival to remember the dead: O-Bon, Halloween would never take off. But just like a lot of …
I wrote previously about What Japan Really Thinks.
Well, Seron at WJT has announced the revival of the Japan Blog Matsuri (Fair). This is right up EastAsiaFair’s alley. We love a fair/festival.
I hosted the Japan …
Tsukiji is the largest fish market in the world
If you would like to have a sneak peak at the way Tokyo trades its fish, you had better hurry up! The highly popular Tsukiji fish market …
Once upon a time there was a very strange looking, very scary looking, eel-like shark that lived in the depths of the ocean. Many people have never heard of this creature, let alone seen one.
Until …
Nobody in their right mind would expect the following picture to be a scenery image from Japan:
And yet it is. Just like these ones:
Some smart business men must’ve visited the Netherlands during its peak …
I just finished a post about Korean-style horror. To be sure, Japanese know horror, too.
Can you say “Ring” and “Ju-on” and “The Grudge?”
How about “The Shutter?”
It’s about an American couple honeymooning in Tokyo. (That would …
Suntory Ltd of Japan has done the impossible. It has genetically engineered an actual blue rose. I think it looks more purple than blue but it’s always been a pretty blur line between the two …
If you still don’t know your fundoshi, then obviously you must have skipped ‘Know your Fundoshi!’ But we’re nice people here at EAF so we’ll wait patiently while you go back there and get updated.
The …
You love Bento right? Especially if they are Kyaraben Bento! But today lets take a closer look at a common ingredient in Bento. Let’s discover Kamaboko.
What is it? In 2 words, Kamaboko is just fish …
You might already have recognized the puffy little fella on the right. If not from the nervous little character in Finding Nemo, then perhaps from the latest news that seven people in Northern Japan got …
What Japan Thinks is a favorite blog of mine. Hands down, WJT has its finger on the pulse of the Japanese and everywhere else in Japan, too.
Japanese are quick to tell foreigners what Japanese think, …
Celine Dion, Canada’s superstar will provide the voice (song) for the Japanese language film “Maboroshi no Yamataikoku.”
She will sing in a bilingual version of the song, “A World to Believe in.”
Dion said she studied the …
