Posted in Drawings on Friday, February 23, 2007 | 7 Comments »
When I started this blog, I promised a new piece of original “art,” an illustration, cartoon, design, or whatever, each week. It has been brought to my attention that I have not kept this promise.
Posted in Film, Food, Society and Culture on Thursday, February 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Formal dining in Japan can be a stressful, confusing ordeal, sometimes even for native Japanese. Complicated formalities and particular manners of eating coupled with incomprehensible menus may detract significantly from the enjoyment of such Japanese delicacies as sushi すし, the ubiquitous (but curious!) dish of raw fish and sweetened rice.
Luckily, the Japanese Culture Lab has [...]
Posted in Food, Politics, Society and Culture, Travel on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On my Google News page, I’ve created a custom section to display news about Japan using the lone search term “Japan.” Usually, it doesn’t yield very interesting stories. Most of the time the headlines are about either business and finance or about sports (especially soccer), and occasionally something about North Korea crops up. Ho hum. [...]
