The reason for the lack of posts lately is due to the launch of my new site, JPopJapan.com.
Why start another site? Well, I wanted somewhere to discuss good Japanese music. I googled and found a few sites but they were either old and unused or unfriendly and inaccessible. So I decided to start my own site. Read on…
Jason from JapanLinked.com contacted me recently to let me know about his new site - GaijinHouseJapan.com. Read on…
During my first trip to Japan I had the pleasure of staying in Hiroshima for a few days. I learnt a lot about its past and had some great nights out. On one of the days I took a trip over to Miyajima Island and visited Itsukushima Shrine with its famous floating torii. Read on…
I came back from town this weekend with a not so healthy lunch. As I was about to dig in I had a pang of guilt and thought about the healthy bentos I’d been making over the last few weeks. I ended up picturing my unhealthy lunch as a bento.
For a bit of fun I actually put it all in a bento box.I think the plum balances it out nicely. Read on…
YUI is another of my favourite Japanese musicians. She’s very talented; playing the guitar and piano as well as having a great voice. She’s also cute! Read on…
This weeks news about Japan Read on…
Some time around 2002 I first started learning Japanese. I began with a set of CD’s and a book full of “some random script” and I thought I’d just leave the book until later. I wanted to start speaking Japanese straight away! Big mistake! Read on…
Asian Kung-Fu Generation (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション), or “Ajikan” (アジカン) for short, were the first Japanese rock band I came across in my search for Japanese music. My favourite songs are 君という花 (“Kimi to iu Hana” / “a flower named after you”) and アンダースタンド (“Andāsutando” / “Understand”). The title of the latter is amusing because, well, I don’t understand any of the lyrics yet! However I can appreciate good rock music and they are one of my top 5 favourite bands. Read on…
Just a note to let anyone visiting this site looking for information on my Firefox Fancy Numbered Tabs extension know that I have updated it for Firefox 3 and it’s awaiting moderation by the Mozilla team. Unfortunately they seem to be taking quite a while.
In the meantime you can download it here. Firefox will prompt you whether or not you wish to install software from this site.
Update 01/12/2008: I have resumed development of this addon and will take note of all your comments and reviews. Thanks for you feedback!
