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Korean Pop and the Japan Otaku

Korean Pop and the Japan Otaku

Danny Choo wrote a post a while ago about his new found love for K-Pop (or Korean Pop) whilst studying Korean. It inspired me to write this post about my own love for K-Pop. I’m in a love triangle between Korean and Japanese culture. ^^ He wrote about the hottest K-Pop Girl Group, Kara (카라), and [...]

What’s Your Japanese Subculture?

What’s Your Japanese Subculture?

It’s been a while since I’ve done personality quizzes. The last one I did was on how geeky I was last year. I used to keep a page with every single quiz I’ve taken dating back to 2004 on a LiveJournal. I no longer keep that list as I have deleted my original LiveJournal account, [...]

iKnow: The Easiest Way to Learn Japanese–for Free

iKnow: The Easiest Way to Learn Japanese–for Free

iKnow is a new website (currently in beta) where visitors can learn Japanese at their own, easy pace. To some, it’s just another Japanese language resource such as JapanesePod101, but the straight forward interface allows users to dive right in right away any time they want! iKnow has a flash card-like interface featuring the word in [...]

J-Indie Site Has a New Look

J-Indie Site Has a New Look

Remember the sites I blogged about last year about getting your hands on indie music from Japan and Korea? One of my favorite websites mentioned in the post, Muzie, recently had the site redesigned! The site is now easier to understand and navigate, especially for those who don’t much Japanese. The revamp happened not to [...]

[Video] Megwin TV: Move Over, Steve-O

[Video] Megwin TV: Move Over, Steve-O

Megwin TV is Japan’s answer to the controversial MTV television series, “Jackass” — only available on YouTube. While the original Jackass is down right obscene, Megwin gets a little creative with their stunts. In this video below, we see what happens when tons of bath tablets gets thrown inside a bathtub. Looks like fun to [...]