Where does the name Japan come from? In Japanese it is 日本 [nihon] or [nippon] and bares no resemblance to “Japan”. The name Japan seems to have originated from Cipangu, which was first mentioned in Europe...
In Japan the sixth month of the lunar new year is called 水無月 [minazuki] and is often used in referring to June in the western calender today. There are many origins of this word. Literary, the main interpretation i...
Returning to the changes of the Japanese language and the language of youth in Japan an often familiar word used by Japanese youth is the word 「超」chou. Chou is often used to express “very” as in 「チョー気...
If there is any place in Canada that has to be the most brain dead and rednecked location that must be Alberta. Religion and religious preferences have no place in a publicly funded school system, period. This proves my ...
Walking around southern China where people naturally speak one language in the home, a language in the street and another language in public offices and department stores. No wonder why they are so relaxed and easy going...
There is a large amount of music available on-line from the Chinese search engine giant Baidu.com a Chinese equivalent to Google. Once you search MP3 titles, artists or find the lastest top 100, 200 or 500 song you can...
Although Mandarin Chinese is the largest dialect of the Chinese languages and most widely spoken, it is interesting to note that there are still linguistic differences between Taiwan mandarin and Mainland Chinese mandari...
A few good movies worth mentioning are Kikujiro (1999) 122 minutes by the Japanese director Kitano (Beat) Takeshi. The cast: Beat Takeshi, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto. A change of pace for Kitano, Kikujiro takes a...
Monocultures are dangerous. In the 21st century creating uniformity and eliminating diversity become increasingly powerful. But diversity and complexity are always healthier and more interesting – in chickens, corn...
It seems to me that the Vancouver Olympics is going to be one of the most un-welcomed events. I certainly hope so. I think it is disgusting to see that Vancouver Olympic committee chose the inukshuk for their Olympic sym...
![Meaning of [The friend is pulled to the unlucky affair]. The good luck and daytime are large good lucks in the misfortune and the evening in the morning. However, the funeral is abhorred.](http://www.irohaproject.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/koyomi/image/roku1.gif "Meaning of [The friend is pulled to the unlucky affair]. The good luck and daytime are large good lucks in the misfortune and the evening in the morning. However, the funeral is abhorred.")
