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Tag Archives: blogs
Fun Link Friday: チンする、お茶する、ググる
If you’re into quirky notes about language use, and especially if you don’t mind some jargony linguistics writing, Language Log is a great blog co-run by Prof Victor Mair and a bunch of other prominent linguists & scholars. Recent posts … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, fun link friday, Japanese, language, language log
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Resource: Travel Panda
I recently came across a site called The Inaka Project, which looked like a, potentially, truly wonderful travel guide site for Japan. The site aimed to flesh out guides to Japan’s inaka, or rural countryside, by providing guides and articles … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, Japan, resources, travel, travel guides
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Call For Papers: Revisiting the Emancipatory Potential of Digital Media in Asia
Call for Papers: Revisiting the Emancipatory Potential of Digital Media in Asia (23-25 January 2014 at Leiden University) The academic journal Asiascape – Digital Asia (DIAS), in collaboration with the Goto-Jones VICI project “Beyond Utopia” funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Asian culture, blogs, call for papers, digital, digital media, information, journalism, Leiden University, media, networks, technology
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Resource: Black Tokyo
I was going to post this originally as a Fun Link Friday link, but while there’s definitely a lot of fun stuff on here, such as a recently posted video jokingly “hating” on tiny Japanese beer cans, Black Tokyo | … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, culture, discrimination, employment, Japan, Japanese culture, living in Japan, resource
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Fun Link(s) Friday: Halloween Bento
In Japan and missing Halloween? Celebrating Halloween and missing Japan? Why not combine the two with a delicious Halloween bento? Makiko Itoh of Just Bento and Just Hungry has featured a variety of Halloween-themed bento art from bento bloggers across … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Roudoku Podcasts
Today’s fun link features the Ohanashi Pod website, listing hundreds of pod-casters and groups engaged in the art of roudoku, reading aloud from literature. Live roudoku circles are a fairly regular occurrence in Japan, but enthusiasts are also active online … Continue reading
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Tagged aozora bunko, audio, blogs, classical Japanese, fun link friday, Japanese, Japanese literature, podcasts, reading aloud, roudoku
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Fun Link Friday: Japan Blog Matsuri
For those of you who blog yourselves or just like to cruise the web to see what other people are writing about Japan, today’s Fun Link Friday is for you: Japan Blog Matsuri. Of course, those of you who know … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, culture, fun link friday, Japan, Japan Blog Matsuri, resources
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Fun Link Friday: Japanese Kit Kats
The Kit Kats of Japan are well known among those in Japanese Studies. Today’s fun link is My KitKats. Run by Alison Musket, a JET in Hamamatsu, this site features Kit Kats from all over Japan and from around the world, plus some cultural commentary. Continue reading
Exploring History in Japanese Castles
One look at my keychain (mostly chains, very few keys) will alert you to the fact that I am a huge castle nerd. Besides the fact that medieval Japan is my research specialty (and IMO the coolest time period ever, … Continue reading
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Tagged blog review, blogs, castles, culture, history, Japan, Japanese Castle Explorer, Japanese culture, maps
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