The Japanese language can be very oblique. There are checks and balances throughout every conversation, subtly feeling out the social pecking order of the participants, how much can be asked of someon… more →
NagaijinTrane DeVore wrote 1 day ago: Photo information, by order of appearance, including camera, lens, and film type: 1) Voigtlander Bes … more →
Trane DeVore wrote 3 days ago: Photo information, by order of appearance, including camera, lens, and film type: 1) Voigtlander Bes … more →
nagaijin wrote 1 week ago: The Japanese language can be very oblique. There are checks and balances throughout every conversati … more →
eatingoutinstamfordhill wrote 2 months ago: It’s been a lazy morning in bed so far. I awoke and found myself thinking about dumplings. The … more →
nagaijin wrote 3 months ago: The DPJ won a landslide, the LDP has imploded, and the Komeito were wiped out in Osaka. That include … more →
nagaijin wrote 3 months ago: There will be a Parliamentary election in Japan this Sunday, and the big news is that the LDP (Liber … more →
reshel wrote 3 months ago: 不知不觉已回来一个多月了,但还是非常想念你! 日本啊!日本啊! 最近的我可是非常忙碌,忙着工作,忙展销会,忙将要来临的下一个旅程… 最重要,忙着把我银行存款的数字所显示的标点符号移回原位 … more →
Sean wrote 3 months ago: 大阪の花火を見に行ってきました 景色も奇麗でしたし、ビールも美味しかったし、暑い夏でお茶も美味しかった。友達もたくさん居て、 この一枚の写真をいつでも、どこでも見るとその夜を思い出す。 … more →
osakabikepolo wrote 4 months ago: 大阪に住んでる人/バイクポロしてみたい人集まれ! バイクポロにトライしてみたい人は、コメントを残してな。 今バイクポロを立ち上げ中で、何人集まるか知りたいんだ。 まだいつどこでやるかはわからないん … more →
Emily wrote 5 months ago: 這次的旅行,出發有點趕。 我和我媽在一個多月前便已報名,但我在出發前一個星期六才上完所有暑期課程,而且我們6/27出發,我6/26日才收功課。這個世界上,會在限期前交功課的學生只佔很少數,大多數不到最 … more →
nagaijin wrote 5 months ago: Went to the Louvre exhibition at the Osaka National Museum of Art in Higobashi today. It explores th … more →
nagaijin wrote 5 months ago: There’s so much about Japanese food that I love, but natto (納豆, fermented soybeans) is a culin … more →
Trane DeVore wrote 5 months ago: A few leftover photographs from around my neighborhood, taken during cherry blossom season. All sho … more →
nagaijin wrote 5 months ago: The day after speaking to the cheerful old man on the train who just had to know how much I weighed … more →
Trane DeVore wrote 6 months ago: The swine flu has finally managed to make its way to Japan, which was just about inevitable despite … more →
tokyo5 wrote 6 months ago: The 豚インフルエンザ (Swine ‘Flu) virus seems to be out of control! (Actually, the name of this flu ha … more →
nagaijin wrote 7 months ago: On the subway this morning en route for Umeda, a seat opened up for me at Tennoji, a great rarity. I … more →
nagaijin wrote 7 months ago: Cherry blossoms bloom all over Japan from late March to mid-April. They are the stuff of cliché here … more →
alysonman wrote 7 months ago: 日本語のクラスで、この話は宿題とかスピードタイプでした。私はこのような事のが好きです。だから、ポストしました。日本語を読めません人たち、残念だし、時間がかかるし、私は訳します! In Japanese … more →