What's a good place to buy Japanese cosmetics and/or fashion magazines (such as ViVi) in NYC? Or online?
posted on May 12, 2008 - 3 answers

YouTube video got deleted...can you help me find it? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 2 answers

How should a college freshman prepare for an internship to Japan in two years? What options are available? [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2008 - 13 answers

Planning a trip to Tokyo/Kyoto towards the end of May and I'm looking for suggestions for great places to stay for two nights in Kyoto (inexpensive to moderately priced) as well as don't miss sights/restaurants in Tokyo and Kyoto. We will be there for about two weeks.
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 21 answers

What is that amazing modernist building in The Yakuza? [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - 4 answers

Is the Land of the Rising Sun still expensive? Expats (recent and current) and erstwhile tourists, chime in. [more inside]
posted on Apr 18, 2008 - 8 answers

Does DoCoMo still have a showroom in Tokyo? I've found many web references to this fabled window into the future but I can't find the address anywhere. Are there any other places/shops in Tokyo that would be of interest to somebody who wants to learn about the latest mobile developments in Japan and about their mobile culture?
posted on Apr 15, 2008 - 4 answers

Can you point me to traditional Japanese music on the web? Looking for free downloads. [more inside]
posted on Apr 15, 2008 - 2 answers

I was on a Japanese variety TV show two weeks ago. Any idea how I can find it? [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 9 answers

JET Program-filter: I got accepted outright to the JET Programme (i.e. foreigners teaching ESL to Japanese public school kids). However, my girlfriend got waitlisted. If we both still send in the "acceptance" form, with each other still checked as "want to be housed with partner," will my outright acceptance and her affiliation with me get her bumped up on the waiting list? [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 6 answers

My 18 yr old daughter wants to spend 2 months this summer working in Japan as an English instructor. She has a working knowledge of Japanese and will have a TESL certificate. What is the best and safest way to go about trying to help her find a job and what issues do we need to be aware of?
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 12 answers

Looking for a TV tuner, but here's the catch: it has to be compatible with a MacBook (so USB or FireWire only), and I'd really prefer if it supported both US and Japan over-the-air broadcasts (bonus points for HD).
posted on Mar 29, 2008 - 6 answers

Looking for some recommended books and media about Shinto, especially the history, tenets and practices of it. [more inside]
posted on Mar 27, 2008 - 7 answers

Fun stuff in Arlington Heights, IL near Mitsuwa? [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 9 answers

Cheap way to get to Japan? [more inside]
posted on Mar 17, 2008 - 16 answers

Taught English in Japan (Kyoto) for 2 years. I haven't been back for a while. Family wedding in Osaka. Will be there all May. What did I miss the first time around? [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 11 answers

Can you identify this Japanese song? [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 0 answers

What's a good gift for a friend I don't know that well but is doing me a huge favor by acting as my guarantor for a student visa? [more inside]
posted on Mar 6, 2008 - 8 answers

What should I expect as a heavily tattooed person traveling for a month in Japan? [more inside]
posted on Mar 6, 2008 - 10 answers

I want to do a performance at my school's Japanese Spring festival, but I have no idea what to do! [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 6 answers

I need a cell phone for travel in Japan and Hong Kong. Any advice on where I can get one as inexpensively as possible? [more inside]
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm going to japan from march 9 until april 6, and I want to climb Mt Fuji, from the bottom to the top. How much snow should I expect? How cold is it going to be? Do I need to bring boots and 3 layers of technical outdoor clothing or a warm jacket and sneakers? My lonely planet says its doable, but thats pretty much it. [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2008 - 10 answers

I'm visiting Japan in April, and would like to find an appropriate PDA with built-in GPS to help with navigation, mapping and language translation, but it's proving difficult to find the right device. [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2008 - 5 answers

Things to do in Osaka and/or Wakayama Prefecture? [more inside]
posted on Feb 22, 2008 - 6 answers

Which Japan travel guide should I get? [more inside]
posted on Feb 22, 2008 - 10 answers

I've seen the concept casually bandied about on forums and blogs and media (somewhere), but I've always wondered: Just how easy and common is it for Japanese parents to disown a child? Under what circumstances? Or is it just some old-fashioned cultural myth that disownership for dishonor/disobedience/marrying the wrong person/etc. is "easy" in Japan? I know the law must differ from the United States, so I'm quite curious about the actual process and limitations.
posted on Feb 17, 2008 - 15 answers

Are street numbers for houses in Japan assigned chronologically (older to newer), or spatially (as in the US)? [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2008 - 6 answers

How can I, an American, get money to travel to Japan? - Ideally I'd like to go through arts & humanities grants, cultural exchange programs, or visiting artist/musician programs, but other forms of travel funding assistance would be great too. Bonus mefi: how can an American musician (electronic, pop, club) find venues, promoters, DJ's, clubnights, etc, that can lead to a performance while visiting Japan/Tokyo.? [more inside]
posted on Jan 31, 2008 - 4 answers

Can anyone recommend where to find a job in Tokyo? [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm moving to Japan to work for a year - what should I do to prepare? [more inside]
posted on Jan 28, 2008 - 17 answers

How many ways can I blow my sheltered American mind while visiting Japan? [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2008 - 33 answers

What's the startup community like in Korea and Japan? I'm sorta wondering how I can find out how many small businesses there are (and what kind of moolah funds them) in Korea and Japan.. but just the ones that are sorta "Web2.0" or have a mostly online business. Any ideas? Are there government resources that track private companies and categorize them that way? Thanks in advance!
posted on Jan 22, 2008 - 12 answers

What is there for a married American couple to do in southern Japan / Kagoshima? [more inside]
posted on Jan 4, 2008 - 8 answers

Why were the Germans allied with the Japanese in WWII? Why were the Americans at war with the Japanese?
posted on Dec 22, 2007 - 12 answers

I'm looking for pre-WWII non-Japanese poetry that mentions Japan. [more inside]
posted on Dec 21, 2007 - 5 answers

Can I send homemade sealed raspberry jam from Canada to Japan and New Zealand? [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 7 answers

Help my Japanese friend find a job in the US! [more inside]
posted on Dec 13, 2007 - 6 answers

One day layover in Tokyo, New Years Eve. Where to party? [more inside]
posted on Dec 7, 2007 - 9 answers

What is a good gift for someone who will be moving to Japan for four months? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2007 - 15 answers

Help me come up with some unique Christmas pressies to send to my business contacts in Europe... from Japan. [more inside]
posted on Dec 3, 2007 - 6 answers

Traveling in Japan. Bowels frozen tighter than Renee Zellweger's face after a Botox binge. Advice. [more inside]
posted on Nov 24, 2007 - 25 answers

We'll have a week in Japan in March, and a nine-month-old in tow. Where to go? What to do? Is this even a sane idea? [more inside]
posted on Nov 23, 2007 - 12 answers

Where in the heck can I buy a pair of size 32cm ski boots in Japan? [more inside]
posted on Nov 21, 2007 - 3 answers

LegalFilter: My friend wants to care for her brother's 2 children for 1 year while he gets his life in order following a messy divorce. She lives in the US. The children live in Japan. How can visas, schooling, etc be arranged? [more inside]
posted on Nov 19, 2007 - 9 answers

TV-over-the-internet-filter: What's a good source for finding TV shows online? Specifically, Ninja Warrior (originally titled Sasuke in Japan)? [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2007 - 6 answers

What was the Japanese media reaction to the Red Sox World Series win? [more inside]
posted on Oct 30, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm looking for disturbing image I came across several years ago. It was a flash shot taken in a completely dark auditorium containing several hundred Japanese college age males, in their underwear in complete darkness. Several were hanging from the wall railings and other falling into the pit below,. I seemed to part of an initiation. Ring any bells?
posted on Oct 18, 2007 - 9 answers

Searching for an elusive Japanese bus melody... [more inside]
posted on Oct 16, 2007 - 4 answers

I'd like to get an XBox360. I live in Japan, but I'm not really interested in playing Japanese XBox360 games. The two options are buying a US XBox360 and importing US region games, or buying a Japanese XBox360 and importing Asia region games (unlike Japanese region games, almost always in English). Since I'd be playing English language games either way, and importing either way, the deciding factor, then, is XBox Live US Marketplace access. [more inside]
posted on Oct 6, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm a teacher at a for-profit English school in Japan and I want to display a few clips from movies and have students read-along with a script. The problem is, since our school isn't a non-profit, I don't know how to get the performance right, especially since I am in Japan. Is it worth pursuing? It is only for a few classes and not very important, but I thought it'd be a fun way for students to improve listening skills.... Thanks all!
posted on Sep 27, 2007 - 7 answers