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    • Random facts about gaijin
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    • Geisha myths
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  • Japan by numbers
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    • Random facts about Astro Boy and Osamu Tezuka
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    • Random facts about traditional Japanese arts and crafts
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    • Random facts about Japanese baths
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    • Random facts about Japanese beds and futons
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    • Meanings and stories of Japanese company names
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    • Random facts about kimono
  • Japanese comics (manga) explained
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    • Random facts about Japanese crime and policing
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    • Eikaiwa English lessons explained
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    • Japanese Christmas explained
    • Japanese death and funerals explained
    • Japanese New Year explained
    • Japanese weddings explained
      • An example of a Shinto wedding vow
      • Groom’s Japanese wedding speeches with English translation
      • Random facts about Japanese weddings
    • Seijin no hi (Japanese coming of age day) explained
  • Japanese food and drink explained
    • Japanese cafes and coffee shops explained
    • Japanese tea and tea ceremony explained
    • Random facts about Japanese food
    • Random facts about Japanese food and drink
    • Sushi explained
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  • Japanese health and healthcare explained
    • Random facts about Japanese health and healthcare
  • Japanese history explained
    • Japanese history year by year
    • Samurai explained
    • The Pacific War explained
      • Random facts about the Pacific War
  • Japanese international relations explained
    • Japan and Asia explained
    • Japan and Korea explained
    • Japan and the UK explained
    • Random similarities between China and Japan
    • Random similarities between Turkey and Japan
    • Relations between Japan and the West explained
  • Japanese language explained
    • Common confusions with borrowed words from European languages in Japanese
    • English words from Japanese explained
    • Explanations of Japanese company names
    • Japanese emoticons explained
    • Japanese English explained
    • Japanese names explained
    • Japanese place names explained
    • What the Japanese really mean
      • The What the Japanese really mean Quiz
      • What the Japanese really mean- Idioms
  • Japanese literature explained
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  • Japanese music and dance explained
  • Japanese myths- common misconceptions about Japan
  • Japanese nature and ecology explained
    • Japanese natural disasters explained
    • Japanese whaling explained
    • Random facts about Japanese nature and natural disasters
  • Japanese newspapers explained
  • Japanese noise explained
  • Japanese personality (character) explained
  • Japanese politics explained
    • Japanese bureaucracy explained
    • Japanese nationalism explained
  • Japanese relationships explained
  • Japanese religions and superstitions explained
    • Komainu lion dogs explained
  • Japanese royal family explained
    • Japanese royal family by numbers
    • Random facts about the Japanese royal family
  • Japanese Self-defence Force (Jieitai) explained
    • Random facts about the Japanese Self-Defence Force (Jieitai)
  • Japanese sex and sex industry explained
    • Random facts about sex in Japan
  • Japanese shops and shopping explained
  • Japanese society explained
    • Japanese social class system explained
    • Japanese social problems explained
      • Japanese suicide explained
  • Japanese sport, exercise and martial arts explained
    • Sumo explained
      • Random facts about sumo
  • Japanese street life explained
  • Japanese technology explained
  • Japanese toilets, toiletries and personal hygiene explained
    • Random facts about Japanese toilets
  • Japanese tourism explained
  • Japanese transport explained
    • Chari- cycling in Japan explained
    • Japanese cars, roads and motor industry explained
    • Random facts about Japanese transport
  • Japanese TV explained
  • Japanese women explained
  • Kabuki explained
    • Kabuki do’s and don’ts
    • Random facts about kabuki
  • Karaoke explained
  • Kawaii (cute Japanese stuff) explained
  • Manga (Japanese comics) explained
  • Osaka explained
  • The Japanese future year by year
  • The rest of the world explained
  • Tokyo explained
    • Tips for Brits in Tokyo
  • Weird Japanese stuff explained
  • You’ve been in Japan too long when…

• Active blogs about Japan

  • Ampontan (Japanese politics blog)
  • Celia in Tokyo
  • Debito.org
  • Expat blog Japan
  • Japan Subculture Research Centre
  • Quirky Japan SAQs
  • The Tokyo Reporter
  • Tokyo Fox
  • Tokyo Times blog
  • What Japan Thinks

• My other blogs

  • Kanto with Kids
  • Quote Japan
  • TEFLtastic blog
  • Tips for Brits in Tokyo

• Older blogs about Japan

  • An Englishman in Osaka (funny blog- no longer updated)
  • Gaijin Tonic (booze and partying)
  • Japan Blog List
  • Stippy Japan blog

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