My So-Called Japanese Life

The picture that launched many entertaining descriptions. Back when I was working in a Japanese office and correcting student (correspondenc...

If you spend a brief amount of time in Japan, you see people walking around in shirts with funny English on them. If you spend a brief amoun...

Note: this is a continuation of a post I started here . Another thing I associate rather strongly with Ikebukuro which is by no means uniq...

Today has been the hottest day of the year so far in Tokyo and I had a chat about the weather with "little old man" (LOM) before ...

Back when I was still an Apple zealot, I bought a QuickTake 150 camera for a relatively princely sum (at the time). We took a fair number o...

As part of my freelance work, I sometimes correct correspondence homework for my former company. One of the lessons in the lowest level cour...

The picture above is of a tire cover on a Japanese vehicle. It's a little hard to read so I'll type out the text here: "A long ...

My bike broke last week and my husband and I finally got around to taking it to the local repair shop. As you can see from the picture, it...

Sometimes I think the weird English on Japanese items is intentionally strange. While I'm sure it's just nonsensical at times becaus...

When you're sick, lots of food that has limited appeal starts to seem like the answer to your dreams. Chief among my food wish list when...

There's a chain of stores called Tokyu Hands which specializes in items the Japanese might call "lifestyle goods". Each floor ...