Golden Dragon Ramen
Posted by harvey in Food, Osaka on 18. Jan, 2007 | 5 Comments
Ramen time in downtown Osaka! This Ramen shop is called 金竜ラーメン (kinryuu ramen) and is located right on Sennichimae street in the Namba area. This is the same street with the Kuidaore doll, that Haagen-dazs, and the famous giant moving crab on the Kanidooraku store. You know… The area right by hikkakebashi. Anyone who has [...]
Astonishing
Posted by harvey in Language on 17. Jan, 2007 | Comments Off
The next time someone does something that surprises you, shout びっくり仰天！ bikkuri gyouten! And get Japanese style points. 「仰ぐ」(aogu) “to consult” or “to look to” 「天」(ten) “heaven” 仰天 (gyouten) “astonishment” or “amazement” So literally, the Kanji from this phrase mean to “look up to heaven”. Great word! – Harvey
Yokohama Beer
Posted by harvey in Food on 15. Jan, 2007 | 13 Comments
Every area of Japan has their famous food. Hida Takayama has their beef, Tokyo has their Monjyayaki, Osaka has their Takoyaki, Hokkaido has really gross meat flavored caramels, and of course really yummy Genghis’s Khan. But other than a really cool China Town, what does Yokohama have? Beer! A regular beer will cost you about [...]
Japanese Emoticons
Posted by harvey in Culture on 14. Jan, 2007 | 6 Comments
Here are some cute “Japanese” Emoticons. Also known as “kaomoji” 「顔文字」in Japanese. I’m sure they use similar, if not the same emoticons all over Asia. I often get these emoticons sent to me via phone email. Phones even have shortcut keys you can use to pull them up in a second. (^-^)/ (^O^)/ (‘-^*)/ (・ω・)/ [...]
Hiragana Song
Posted by harvey in Language on 12. Jan, 2007 | 4 Comments
Need help learning Hiragana? The Hiragana Song The Hiragana Song is here to help. Here is some Hiragana Song PR to explain what it is all about. Whoa. For more Hiragana Help check out our Hiragana iPhone App! – Harvey
Mega Mac
Posted by harvey in Food, Humor on 10. Jan, 2007 | 5 Comments
Stunning. The Mega Mac (メガマック). 「ビーフ天国！」”Beef Heaven!” The ad exclaims. How does this stack up against Carl’s double Six Dollar Burger? I don’t understand Spanish, but this commercial for the Burger King double Whopper (Yo soy un hombre) had me rolling. Have you ever seen a funnier Burger commercial!? Thanks to Dixel, who recently discovered [...]
Manly Tofu Goods
Posted by harvey in Food, Humor on 09. Jan, 2007 | 4 Comments
Remember the Manly Tofu I introduced a while back? Now that you’ve eaten the Tofu, you can collect the goods! Right now on the streets of Japan you can get ever popular Tofu goods out of GachaGacha machines. THE SYMBOL OF JAPAN I have actually forgotten how to say “gachagacha machine” in English… Someone help [...]
New Japanese – Google
Posted by harvey in Language on 08. Jan, 2007 | 4 Comments
Japanese is evolving, just like any other language that is used today. Occasionally I come across very interesting new Japanese words when talking to young people. One that I came across recently is a word that is also finding its away into the vocabulary of most languages spoken in developed countries, the “verbification” of the [...]
