Nanpa in Japan
You, Me, And a Tanuki is a weekly featured blog run by Michelle, a Californian who is currently one of only two foreigners living in Chibu, a tiny fishing village on one of the Oki islands in Japan. Check back every Saturday for a new post or read more on her website here!
Did you know that July 4th was Pear Day and October 8th was Tofu Day? If you live in Japan, you may have seen special sales on Yakiniku (grilled meat) on August 29th, Yakiniku Day. Read More
Before and After: 31 Startling Images of Plastic Surgery in Korea 【Photo Album】1
Fashion Friends: Twitter Proves Almost Every Japanese College Student Wears the Same Exact Outfit2
Japanese iPad artist is the Leonardo da Vinci of digital finger paints 【Video】3
Satisfy a Royal Craving – We Try Ice Cream Fit for an Emperor4
Pigs fly (in broth form) as ANA serves up in-flight Ippudo ramen5
Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal1
China’s Photoshop Experts Will Fix Your Bad Photos, But Be Careful What You Wish For2Fashion Friends: Twitter Proves Almost Every Japanese College Student Wears the Same Exact Outfit3
Chinese Photoshop Trolling Part 2: Now with 20% More Shirtless Men!4
Oozing up From Below, Mysterious Marshmallow-like Substance Covers Nanjing Street5
Disney Villains Clean Up Well, Wow Japan1
Crime of Passion: Three Men Forcibly Deported from Saudi Arabia for Being “Too Handsome”2
Real-Life Barbie Gives Her Friends and Family a Makeover, Turns Them into Dolls3Oozing up From Below, Mysterious Marshmallow-like Substance Covers Nanjing Street4Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal5
We Made Coca-Cola Transparent and Colorless. It Tastes Like…1
Peenzilla Worship! Japan’s Kanamara Festival Coming Up this April!2
Chinese Woman on Trial for Killing Man by Squeezing His Scrotum3
Chinese Student’s Bicycle Seat Breaks and… Gyah!4Before and After: 31 Startling Images of Plastic Surgery in Korea 【Photo Album】5
Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal
What Talent! One Student’s Amazing Short Animated Film Sets Internet Abuzz With Excitement 【Video】
Chinese Photoshop Trolling Part 2: Now with 20% More Shirtless Men!
First Year Lolita Studies: Sewing, patterning, and cute!
China’s Photoshop Experts Will Fix Your Bad Photos, But Be Careful What You Wish For
The Definitive Video Guide to Using Chopsticks, Guaranteed Everyone Will Learn Something From It
Can Submerging an iPhone5 in Water Improve the Speaker Quality?
The Starbucks tumbler limited to one place in the world: Haneda Airport
Original Evangelion Design Portfolio Gives us Ripped Robots, Smiling Shinji, and One Unbelievable Plot Divergence
Japanese Performance Artist’s Balancing Act More Nerve-Wracking Than a Game of Jenga
Philip Kendall
Writer / Translator Hailing from Liverpool in the UK, Philip Kendall made Japan his second home in the summer of 2006 after dolefully abandoning his childhood dream of becoming a ghost buster.
Steven Simonitch
Writer/Translator Though a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Steven currently resides in Nagano, Japan, where he is known by the old lady at the supermarket as “the white guy who always buys 2 packs of natto.
Master Blaster
Writer / Translator Master Blaster is the two-man translating team of Steven Le Blanc and Masami M.
Kay
Writer / Translator Kay is a native Japanese who has lived in Honolulu, Hawaii and Los Angeles, California. She currently resides in Tokyo and enjoys writing about a wide range of topics, including all things cute and glamorous.
Michelle Lynn Dinh
Writer / Translator Originally from California, Michelle is currently working as an assistant English teacher on the tiny island of Chiburi in Shimane prefecture.
Jessica Ocheltree
Writer / Translator Jessica Ocheltree is a freelance writer and editor living in the exciting, interesting and sometimes perplexing city of Tokyo.
