Okonomiyaki in Shanghai at Takenosuke
Posted by harvey in Food, Shanghai on 18. Dec, 2011 | 4 Comments
I’m still living in Shanghai – and I’m still enjoying Japanese food whenever I can! Today I checked out an Okonomiyaki place with my wife and her friend… and her friend’s 5-year old who happened to sleep on the floor throughout the entire meal… the slacker. Okonomiyaki at Takenosuke in Shanghai The name of the [...]
BBQ Meat Day Explained
Posted by harvey in Culture, Humor, Language on 27. Nov, 2011 | 1 Comment
What do these people have in common? Michael Jackson, birthday: August 29, 1958 Bae Yong Joon (Yon-sama), birthday: August 29, 1972 John McCain, birthday: August 29, 1936 Charlie Parker, birthday: August 29, 1920 Right! Their birthdays are the same! But what about their birthdays is special and interesting to those of us studying Japanese language [...]
Road Trip: Osaka to Hida Takayama and between
Posted by harvey in Food, Travel on 20. Nov, 2011 | 2 Comments
Osaka family road trip! We are living in Shanghai now, which makes a quick trip to Japan every now and then surprisingly quick and affordable. I took a few days off of work a few weeks ago to take a 5 day trip back to Osaka to catch up with the in-laws and meet some [...]
Japanese Food in Shanghai: Kogumaya
Posted by harvey in Food, Shanghai on 17. Sep, 2011 | Comments Off
In my never ending quest to eat as much Japanese food as possible, my wife and I went to Kogumaya in Shanghai on a Wednesday night for dinner. There were only two of us so we got seats at the counter. On the way to the counter we passed by lots of small rooms filled [...]
Japanese slang: Bacchiguu
Posted by harvey in Language, Media on 03. Sep, 2011 | Comments Off
Time to learn some 90s Japanese slang!!! バッチグー!!! I can hardly even remember why I wanted to blog about this phrase… Ah yes, I do remember now. So I’m slowly working my way through Devil Survivor, a sweet strategy RPG for DS, and there is one character that says this phrase over and over again. [...]
Swearing in Japanese
Posted by harvey in Culture, Language on 13. Aug, 2011 | 7 Comments
Come on, admit it. The first time you started learning Japanese you wanted to learn all the swear words. There’s no shame in that, I did too. But now that you know a few, and you’re a bit more geek, you want to know what they really mean and where they came from, right!? Maybe you [...]
Getting your GO on
Posted by harvey in Culture, Gadgets on 10. Aug, 2011 | Comments Off
Making the おやじ game look good! So I recently started watching the ひかるの碁 (hikaru no go) anime, and as what I assume is normal for most people who do the same, I now find myself wanting to learn how to play Go. If you haven’t watched Hikaru no Go I would recommend checking it out. [...]
Intensive Japanese at OSU – Interview with @curryisyummy
Posted by harvey in Culture, Language on 04. Aug, 2011 | 1 Comment
Time for another interview with a fellow Japan Head! This time we talk to David (@curryisyummy) who will tell us about the intensive summer Japanese program that he is doing in Ohio at the moment. He finishes the program on August 19th, so he’s really right in the thick of it. If you still have [...]
