The commercial starts out well and it looks like the child is going to have a bright future, but things do not always go the way you want. Or does it? Or not? Well here is the ad, so let’s see whether or not he is lucky indeed.
Many countries send out ambassadors to represent their country. In Japan, they have decided to create “kawaii” ambassadors for the promotion of their culture and Japanese music. Outside of Japan, not many people will probably know the word “kawaii”, but among the youth in Japan it is very popular. Also, if you are somewhat familiar [...]
Can you imagine two Japanese robots fighting each other with the light sabres from Star Wars? After writing about the book “I, Robot” I was very fascinated by it, and I just had to try and see if I could find more information about robots and see some interesting robotics technology. It is true that [...]
Verbs in Japanese, as we have seen, have a regular and formal version. So for the form masu (formal words) the –u is taken away and –imasu is added; the other verbs lose the -ru and –masu is added. As a curiosity, the verbs that lose the -u are called 五 段 (godan). Remember that [...]
Most documentaries discussing the overpopulation that exists in the world show this crossing, and rightly so. It is the most famous crossing in Japan, perhaps even in the world. This crossing has so much traffic, that all cars stop every two minutes at the traffic lights. Then it’s the turn for pedestrians to walk across, [...]
Once you are familiar with some basic Japanese, you will have learned vocabulary, grammar and basic verbs. You can try out a few phrases and perhaps start practicing at a higher level. So everything is perfect, but what happens if you use some words in the wrong context? For foreigners it is not such a [...]
Some time ago, I wrote about the typical house in Japan. When I met up with a Japanese friend, I got to know more about Japanese houses and how important the bathroom is for them. It is obvious that the bathroom is important in every house, but in Japan it can become one of those [...]
If you or someone else you know admires Hello Kitty, then it might not be a bad idea to give them something involving this character, like this original present which boils your eggs in the shape of Hello Kitty. Of course, it would be nice to know if this person likes eggs, otherwise the gift [...]
In some places were we went to eat in Japan, they would put some kind of pot containing rice from which we would take the amount of rice we wanted. The truth is that the rice tasted great and was kept at an ideal temperature. This “pot” is really a machine that makes rice and [...]
Ninjas mastered different techniques of walking, as the success of their missions depended on it. Although we have already discussed some of the most common methods in an earlier post, there are some other stealth techniques that were important to control and helped them moving around appropriately according to their surroundings. Ko ashi The ninja [...]