The idea of "men's dishes" and "women's dishes" is not unique to Japan. Both the US's Salon.com and the UK&...

Last time, I wrote about the basic ways that food in Japan is categorized based on gender. There's a strong perception in Japanese cul...

Reading is probably the hardest part of learning Japanese, so I thought as my last post on this blog, I'd share some strategies that hel...

This post is the start of a four- or five-part series on the gendered marketing of food in Japan. It’s an assignment for my Japanese Pop Cul...

For the birthday party I had with friends, I decided to make a reservation at a butler cafe. I was originally thinking about the butler cafe...

So, I'm back in Japan, studying Japanese on an intensive language scholarship program. This blog is not in any way sponsored by or asso...

This post is going to take the form of a list because I've been terribly neglectful of this blog. And I'm not actually that sorry b...

On Tuesday, October 25, I hauled myself out of my futon at 4:15am, pulled on some clothes in a daze, and made my way out into the deserted s...

I just got back from a trip to Osaka and Kyoto with one of my friends, so at my family's insistence, and because it's my duty as a b...

I owe you all some real blog entries about the sorts of things I've been up to lately. I also owe Grandpa one about toilets. I promise ...