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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

On March 1st, Suzuki-san took Matt and I to go see a glass-making workshop, where we got gifts of cute little glass dragons (since it's ...