Reading is probably the hardest part of learning Japanese, so I thought as my last post on this blog, I'd share some strategies that hel...

The idea of "men's dishes" and "women's dishes" is not unique to Japan. Both the US's Salon.com and the UK&...

Last time, I wrote about the basic ways that food in Japan is categorized based on gender. There's a strong perception in Japanese cul...

This post is going to take the form of a list because I've been terribly neglectful of this blog. And I'm not actually that sorry b...

So, I'm back in Japan, studying Japanese on an intensive language scholarship program. This blog is not in any way sponsored by or asso...

This post is the start of a four- or five-part series on the gendered marketing of food in Japan. It’s an assignment for my Japanese Pop Cul...

For the birthday party I had with friends, I decided to make a reservation at a butler cafe. I was originally thinking about the butler cafe...

7/30/2012 My stomach is full of sushi and matcha. This is the feeling I wanted to leave Japan with. 満足。 Manzoku . Satisfaction. I was wo...

I wrote two blog entries on the plane home, so now that I've been home for almost a month, I figure I'll write them up. I've bee...