Real Japan: Why Everything You’ve Heard is Wrong
When Asami wiped out on her bike outside Ueno station, she lay on the sidewalk with a broken wrist “and everybody just stepped around me. Not one person tried to help.” She recounted this accident as...
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn’t Marry a Japanese Woman
This is the Tree Test: Look at the picture above, and if it’s not immediately obvious why you shouldn’t marry a Japanese woman, then you shouldn’t marry a Japanese woman. The moment Erick With-a-K saw...
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn’t Marry a Japanese Man Either
Nakamura-san was careful to close the windows before he left for work, in case it rained. And because break-ins are all too common in Japan, he made sure to close and lock the sliding veranda door. On...
View ArticleShould You Visit Japan Now?
No, you shouldn’t. See how easy that was? No endless scrolling or clicking through ten pages of images. So maybe you’re on the fence, wondering “Should I visit Japan?” Well, Ken Seeroi’s here to tell...
View ArticleA Japanese Birthday Party for the Yakuza Boss
If there’s a rattier bar in Japan, I’ve yet to find it. But I give the place points for being somewhere that patrons can shuffle to in sweatpants and get a cup of shochu with hot water for 100 yen. So...
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