I was asked earlier this week on twitter if I knew of any Kana reading material resources. The question was in reference to materials such as books, magazines, websites, etc that are written in Kana, rather than lots of Kanji, so that beginners like myself have a chance at actually reading some of Posted by Zyaga in Learning Japanese | Socs: 1
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Fox News says Obama's bow was unprecedented. Well a) American Presidents have bowed to leaders. including the emperor before. b) here are pictures to prove it c) Ok, time to move on Posted by hideisalive in Politics | Socs: 1
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Obama wasn't even close to the first American President to bow to a foreign leader. Let's move on now. - http://www.japansoc.com/Politic...
Fox News says Obama's bow was unprecedented. Well a) American Presidents have bowed to leaders. including the emperor before. b) here are pictures to prove it c) Ok, time to move on Posted by hideisalive in Politics | Socs: 1
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Anti-foreigner sentiment doesn't apply to dance contests sponsored by Lotte's Fit's brand of gum. Ale and Ciaela, two young foreigners, have won the Fit's dance contest by attracting the highest number of views on YouTube during the contest period. The announcement site is in Japanese but you d Posted by InvisibleGaijin in Foreigners | Socs: 2
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Anti-foreigner sentiment doesn't apply to dance contests sponsored by Lotte's Fit's brand of gum. Ale and Ciela, two young foreigners, have won the Fit's dance contest by attracting the highest number of views on YouTube during the contest period. The announcement site is in Japanese but you do Posted by InvisibleGaijin in Foreigners | Socs: 1
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Sometimes in Japan by just going down the other road you can discover something amazing. That is what I did when I found my way to Jigenji park in Kagoshima city. Posted by David in Nature & Outdoors | Socs: 1
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Dozens of giant Nomura jellyfish along the eastern coast of Japan capsized the 10-ton fishing trawler, known as the Diasan Shinsho-maru. Posted by zonjineko in News | Socs: 1
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MJG explores a haikyo bridge at the heart of Tokyo Bay, discovering there's very little to explore on a bridge, but a very real chance of falling to his death below. Posted by bigreddot in Strange | Socs: 1
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On August 6th 1945 at 8:15a, Hiroshima Japan would never be the same. On November 7th 2009, nor would we... Posted by NagoyaGA in Blogging | Socs: 1
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Tokyo can be expensive, but it doesn't have to be. I've spend the last month a half visiting places that would have cost me almost 10,000 yen (so far). How much did I pay? 2,000 yen. Find out how and check out some photos here. Posted by acase in Sightseeing | Socs: 1
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Good morning? Hi…hello…aloha…can you speak?" "Sorry…good morning…eeeeto…hi." " Welcome to America! Sweet land of liberty!" I said. "Thank you," the father replied. "We are Japanese." "That's no problem…this ain't China…and this ain't Japan. This is a free country. MY country, and we take all ki Posted by Locohama in General | Socs: 1
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Interesting new site for posting short questions on Japanese usage, with a simple system for voting and giving answers. Most of the questions seem pretty basic at this point, but there's potential there. Language learners give it a try and see what you think! Posted by shio in Learning Japanese | Socs: 1
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Kirin's latest "World's Kitchen" offering hits a sour note. Don't remember my Nona mentioning anything about vinegar and milk. Posted by Japandra in Food and Drink | Socs: 1
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The Telegraph's man in Japan visits the robo-service centre in Takashimaya and comes away unimpressed. The face is scary though... Posted by KenYN in Technology | Socs: 1
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Lately I've been getting around Japan to meet some of the faces that have graced the Japan-orientated internet. Bloggers, mountaineers and musicians - and a haikyoist or two. Posted by Michael in Blogging | Socs: 1
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