| 8:38am | My Top Ten Places to Visit in Japan | | | | I'm often asked to recommend places to visit by J-List customers who are planning a trip to Japan. It's a big topic, since there's so much to see in Japan, but I'll try to throw some ideas out. So if it's useful to you, here's my top ten recommended sights to see in Japan. ... | | |
| 8:37am | Thoughts on Language and Pants Falling Down | | | | Language has many uses, including communicating great ideas, recording the events of history and ordering pizza. It also helps define the people who speak it, and I'm always fascinated by the connection between Japan's language and its people. Japanese is well-known for being a vague language in which... |
| 8:36am | J-List Will Support the Sony PS4 | | | | There was a lot of buzz last week about the upcoming Sony PS4 "winning" the next-gen console wars because it would have a lower price than Microsoft's Xbox One and didn't block the sale of used games. We think the PS4 will be a hit for another reason: like the PSP, PSVita and PS3, the PS4 will be region... |
| 8:36am | Las Vegas Vacation Update | | | | Mrs. J-List and I had fun in Las Vegas, relaxing by the pool and turning off our brains for long periods of time. We ate some amazing food, lost and won some money at the blackjack tables, and are now very refreshed. Time to get back to work!I like going to Las Vegas because there's such a variety of... |
| 8:35am | Cool Products Monday, June 17, 2013 | | | | For the new update, we've got some excellent products from Japan for you. You can view all new J-List products by clicking this link. Today's New & Restocked Items Comptiq July 2013It's time for a new issue of Comptiq, a wonderful... | | |
| 8:01am | Bilingualism is a Fleeting Thing | | | | After 4 years of studying Japanese at SDSU and 22 years living in the country, I'm as functionally bilingual in the language as I'd ever need to be, able to talk with business partners and review contracts in Japanese, able to get my car repaired and order pizza, etc. Still, the brain only learns what... |
| 7:59am | Buying Stuff in San Diego | | | | Mrs. J-List has joined me in San Diego, and I've spent a few days taking her around doing "San Diego-ey" things, like visiting the iconic Hotel del Coronado and exploring restaurants downtown. I've also taken her shopping to buy various things she needs to pick up while in the U.S., like make-up (brands... |
| 7:59am | Funny Place Names in Japanese | | | | It's fun to look up odd place names, like Intercourse, Pennsylvania, Climax, Michigan, Whiskey Dick Mountain in Washington State or the island of Poopoo in Hawaii. Naturally, there's a large body of place names that sound naughty when pronounced in Japanese, too. Places like Nampa, Idaho, which is funny... |
| 7:58am | Moekanji Cards are Now In Stock! | | | | We’re happy to be carrying the “Moekanji” cards, an awesome way to master the first year of kanji by harnessing the power of moe. Best of all, the cards “force” you to memorize vocabulary using hiragana rather than Romanized Japanese (e.g. the English alphabet), which helps your spoken accent... |
| 7:57am | Cool Products Wednesday, June 12, 2013 | | | | For the new update, we've got some excellent products from Japan for you. You can view all new J-List products by clicking this link. Today's New & Restocked Items Newtype July 2013It's time for a new issue of the number-one anime... | | |
| 4:23am | The Kanji For "Person" Teaches Us How To Be Better People | | | | During the two months I'll be here in the U.S., I've got a long list of things I need to get done, including performing various software installs and upgrades in J-List's San Diego office, finalizing a refinance on my house in San Diego (if you think dealing with banks is difficult, try doing it from... |
| 4:23am | The Japanese Love to Line Up To Eat Ramen | | | | Over the years I've learned a few things about the Japanese people. They are hardworking, honest and way more punctual than I could ever hope to be. They also love to line up for things. If a Japanese person is walking down the street and sees people lined up to buy something -- takoyaki or Belgian... |
| 4:22am | Learning About Japanese Culture Through Shoes | | | | It's funny, the little bits of Japanese culture you can pick up from random episodes of anime. I've been trying to keep up with the current season (not an easy task as there are many good shows this time around), including Oreimo, aka Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, aka My Younger Sister... | | |
| 4:20am | Cool Products Sunday, June 9, 2013 | | | | For the new update, we've got some excellent products from Japan for you. You can view all new J-List products by clicking this link. Today's New & Restocked Items Dragon Age July 2013This super-thick monthly manga magazine is... | | |
| 4:20am | Cosplay Products from Japan | | | | The summer anime conventions are almost here, but there's still time to get cool cosplay related products from Japan. Whether you need some awesome Japanese "Absolute Zone" socks, cat ears that are controlled by your brain, anime-style cosplay glasses or really bizarre masks, J-List is loaded with cool... |
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