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Real Ramen

Real Ramen

The nostalgia of real RAMEN! Philip Blosser grew up in Japan, so he knows of which he speaks. Since going to Japan for our honeymoon, I have often wanted real ramen, but this is just the kind of thing you cannot get in Flagstaff. Sushi abounds, but the more earthy

Gunbuster

Diebuster, トップをねらえ 2! [Toppu o Nerae Tsu!] by GAINAX Written by Enokido Yoji Directed by Tsurumaki Kazuya A With Both Hands Mini-Review Cute, with a catchy soundtrack, but ultimately confusing for me because this was a sequel to an anime that came out 20 years ago. I generally like pretty

Mameshiba

Cute and weird, pretty much sums up Japanese popular culture. There are twelve of these, each about 30 seconds long.

Japanese Deflation

Japanese Deflation

I continue to find the Japanese economy fascinating. Despite the continuing numerical stagnation of the Japanese economy, Japanese people seem to be leading happy and prosperous lives regardless. From the blog Jesse's Café Américain comes a personal account of an American living and working in Japan that I

Taguchi Genichi

In my statistics class at work we talked about Taguchi Genichi (田口玄一) recently. Taguchi developed methods for applying statistics to the quality of manufactured goods. This is something the Japanese are very good at, but little appreciated is the fact that is this due to the influence of an