Browsing on the supein-nihon forum, I found a post about bullying in Japan. They recommended a series of videos that could help understand bullying in Japanese schools. I found this an interesting topic and decided to see the film in question, so I could learn a little more about the complicated education system in Japan. [...]
Do you remember the housing advertisements in Japan? A while ago, I explained how houses or flats are rented in Japan and the way they specify the type and characteristics of the house, rooms, etc. The film is titled 2LDK, which can be translated as follows: a flat with 2 bedrooms, living room/kitchen (L = living room) (D = dining room) (K = kitchen).
Koji Suzuki is a Japanese writer who might not sound familiar at first, but this author wrote the novel “The Ring” and has been one of the most successful books in Japan. It impacted the entire world through the film, which was later released in the U.S. The novel did not only reach the big [...]
We can’t talk about cine in Japan without mentioning Akira Kurosawa.Then I would be better off deleting this post and not saying anything. Akira Kurosawa is one of the great directors brought by Japan. Akira was born in Tokyo, his family were economically comfortable which helped him to study more and without too much problems. [...]
This Japanese movie shows the world of a Japanese girl who loves manga, or better said… a very special kind of manga. We must explain a little more to understand the movie better and why the Otaku’s boyfriend is very afraid of her ideas. If not, you won’t be able to understand the movie, which is [...]
Ikiru is one of the greatest movies of the Japanese actor, Akira Kurosawa. This movie shows us the life “or non-existing life” of a Japanese man as he finds out that he has cancer with only little time left, how he is fighting to change his old ways little by little, how he is trying [...]
A Japanese movie based on the manga Darling wa Gaikokujin (by now, we should be able to understand this sentence, right?). The movie tells a story about the relationship between a Japanese girl who dedicates her life being a mangaka and her foreign boyfriend of American nationality. The movie has some pretty funny moments where [...]
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 [...]