Words, my friends, are powerful things. They both express and shape our thoughts. As such, we need to be careful,...
Remember What?
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English Weirdness Comes to Japan!
It is with great excitement that I share this news. This past Wednesday, September 12 2018, in a live and online press conference coordinated with...
Nice Writing Advice
Source: www.grammarcheck.net
English Weirdness: Modal Usage and the Weirdness of “Could”
For the past several weeks, the Vancouver Art Gallery has been hosting an exhibit by the Japanese fine artist Takashi Murakami (no relation to either novelist Ryu or Haruki), and it's truly a show...
How to Study English Using a Japanese Monster
Remembering things is always a challenge in our hectic lives. I can't tell you how many times a day I walk into a particular room, only to find myself wondering why the hell I did so. Was I there...
Why Sweden, Ochimusya?
The reason a Japanese man chose to study in Sweden.
In 2010, I came across an interesting book written about Sweden, “The Sweden Paradox”. I’d already known the fact that...
Working Translation-Meeting Jay Rubin
if you've ever read a novel or short story by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, and millions around the world have, there's a good chance that you haven't actually been reading Murakami's words. At...
Seoul: The New Garden
On a recent trip to Seoul, South Korea--after some sightseeing, and catching up with a former student of mine, Young-Dae Choi, who graciously guided my wife and I about the city's...
Onryou: The Scary Woman of Japanese Horror
"She can kill someone, just by willing it?"
Ryuji, in Ringu (Nakata 1998)
Judging solely by...
Canada Gets Japan-imated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLxZqoBE_po