Roundup: March 2008
These are the top ten popular posts of March 2008!
- Linkups: Japanese News (8)
- Learning a Foreign Language for Beginners pt. 2: Dictionaries
- Dealing With Chikan on Japanese Trains
- Learning a Foreign Language for Beginners pt. 1: Getting Started
- Disney to Work with Japanese Animation Companies Madhouse, Jinni’s Animation
- Simple Ways to Get Great Skin
- Japanese Hairstyles and the Economy
- Learn Foreign Languages with Free Online Courses
- Living in Two Worlds: Moving Abroad
- How To: Eat Sushi
Decades of an Americanised diet, Okinawa health officials say, is partly responsible for making islanders fatter, more prone to heart disease and likely to die sooner than either their elders or compatriots in many parts of the mainland.
I’m not going to lie to you: the best way to learn a language is to have it taught to you by a native speaker. You will have someone to correct your mistakes, and learning the language in a classroom setting will force you to get used to studying it regularly if you find you don’t have the discipline to do it yourself.
Everybody in Japan knows what a chikan is. The word is in our textbooks, joked about by our teachers, and trains have signs posted everywhere for people to beware of them. So what is a chikan?
So you want to learn a second language. Maybe you’ve come across multi-lingual people and felt like you’re missing out, or maybe you’ve read some of the articles on this site and decided to try learning another language for yourself. However you came to the decision to learn another language, here are some tips on getting started.
I am not such a huge fan of Disney as I was when I was kid–for one thing, the movies have progressively gotten worse and the storylines seem very desperate. Japan, however, has continued to fully embrace Disney, possibly even moreso than average Americans. One character that immediately jumps to mind is Stich from Lilo & Stitch, the little destructive blue alien with a love for Elvis.
Came across an entry on drinking water by comedienne Margeret Cho in her blog. She combines two points that I think are encouraging beauty and health tips: don’t wear a lot of make up, and drink tons of water so your skin will look good without it.
Does getting your hair cut mean that you’re anticipating a slowing economy? Businessweek has a short write up in regards to Nikkei’s findings that the length of women’s hair depends on how they see Japan’s financial stability.
Following this list of ten universities that offer free online courses, I sorted through the sites and found which ones offer free language courses:
This month’s Kansai Scene has three interesting articles on moving abroad. Not just limited to Japan, the articles cover reasons why one might choose to live abroad, and the resulting impact:
This is a ridiculously funny how-to video on sushi, poking fun at the Japanese culture’s love for knowing how to do everything properly. Learn how to enter a sushi-ya, the different types of tuna available, and how you can supplement your salt intake if your soy sauce was lacking.
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