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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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc

Is that Samantha Stevens selling burgers? "Bewitched" aired in Japan. Posted by LetsJapan in Food and Drink | Socs: 1 - JapanSoc

I had the chance to hear Mr. Natsuno, 'father of i-mode' give a speech about i-mode and iphone Posted by shibuya246 in Technology | Socs: 1 - JapanSoc

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 - JapanSoc