Month: May 2017

This week for my SoraNews24 W.T.F. Japan article, I wrote about the top five nicest sounds in Japan.

A few months back I did the top five most annoying sounds in Japan, but since this country has more than its fair share of pleasant sounds too, I felt like it was only fair to devote an article to those as well.

When most people who have never been to Japan think of “Japanese sounds,” they might imagine gongs or chopsticks against bowls or karate wails and grunts. But the actual day-today soundscape of Japan is so different than that, and so different from what you’re probably used to in your home country.

It can be hard to imagine living in a place surrounded by unfamiliar sounds, but you quickly get used to them, and then when you go home, suddenly realize that you miss them just as much as the people and places you visited while there.

Read the article here.

This week for my SoraNews24 W.T.F. Japan article, I wrote about the top five confusing Japanese Internet slang words.

Internet slang can be confusing even in your native language. For example, do you know what TIL or MFW mean?

It’s like you’re learning a whole new language, and when you have to learn internet slang in a foreign language, it’s like you’re learning a whole new language… inside a whole new language!

To make it a little easier, this week I took a look at the top five most confusing Japanese internet slang words and did my best to explain them.

Even if you don’t know any Japanese at all, you’ll probably have fun seeing just how crazy some of them can get.

Read the article here.

This week for my SoraNews24 W.T.F. Japan article, I wrote about the top five Japanese spring foods.

I’ve previously done the top five autumn and winter foods, and people seemed to enjoy those articles, so why not continue with the season where stuff actually starts to grow back out of the ground again: spring!

The spring foods article is probably the most unique one yet. While a lot of foods in the autumn and winter lists probably look familiar to those outside of Japan, there are a ton of spring-only food items that would baffle people around the world.

What are these mysterious Japanese spring foods? Only one way to find out!

Read the article here.

This week for my RocketNews24 W.T.F. Japan article, I wrote about the top five best Tamagotchi releases.

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the Tamagotchi’s release in the U.S. back in 1997, so let’s take a look at the best that the past two decades have brought us.

I’ve never personally owned a Tamagotchi myself. I got into Pokémon right about the same time they came out and that kind of took over my life for the next… well, it still hasn’t stopped.

But my wife has owned many different Tamagotchi, and in doing this article I learned a lot about all the differences between the versions and what makes them unique and special.

Which Tamagotchi release stands supreme? It may not be what you think!

Read the article here.