Video feature… Rainy Season in Kyoto
Writing about the rainy season is a bit like tap-dancing about blancmange. You might make the imaginative leap required to understand that it's milk or cream and sugar thickened with ...
J-Phemism of the Day: “Soapland”
J-phemism of the day: "soapland". A Japanese brothel where bathroom props mask blatant prostitution. "What seems to be the problem officer? No, no. This woman is simply giving my undercarriage ...
To Japan: On the Need to Ban Katakana
Motivation: Japan’s confidence problem is a Katakana problem. Japan has one of the lowest English levels in the world. It’s lower than Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and South Korea. And North ...
J-Phemism of the Day: “Soft touch”
Japanese euphemism of the day: "soft touch". Not, as you may expect, a word meaning "lenient". Rather, it indicates that touching the hostesses outside of the bathing suit area is ...











































