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Bonsai 盆栽 and Banzai 万歳
Bonsai 盆栽 and Banzai 万歳

I often hear people in the US confuse Bonsai 盆栽 and Banzai 万歳.What you see above is Bonsai 盆栽.

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海鮮丼 (Kaisen Don)
海鮮丼 (Kaisen Don)

No, it is not PoKe. PoKe is getting popular in the US, but this is Japanese style seafood bowl. You can get one in many places in Japan and the price ranges from 800 yen to 2,000yen. I think the one you are looking at is 1,200 yen in Ameyoko Tokyo.

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Japanese Quick Lunch at Airport
Japanese Quick Lunch at Airport

これは美味しいぞ。This is good tasting.これは空港のラウンジで食べました。I ate those at Airport Lounge.おむすびは最高です。Omusubi is the best.

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From the left:豆大福 Mame Daifuku...
Japanese Sweets

Do you like Japanese sweets?In Japan, (red) beans are cooked with sugar to make sweet paste.So, when I came to the US and tasted salty beans, it was difficult to adopt.Many of Japanese sweets are rice (mochi / rice cake) and sweet red means.Do you like any of them?

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Thanks you for registering as a teacher at JoL!!!

There are handful of people who registered as a teacher at Japanese-Online. We have not forgotten about you. When we have few more teachers, we will publish the pages with list of you. We will contact you before we do publish it to make sure you are okay with it.At the mean time, if you are a Japanese language teacher, please register at the fooling URL. Thank you.http://www.japanese-online.com/pa...

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コーホーとカップケーキとシナモ...
Fall for appetite?

こんにちは!Today, I want to talk about “食欲の秋 (shokuyoku-no-aki).” “食欲 (shoku-yoku)” means appetite, and “秋 (aki)” is fall. So the phrase literally means “Fall (is the season) for appetite.” In other words, fall is the best season to enjoy food! Here is an example:いっぱい食べすぎちゃった。でも食欲の秋だから…いいよね!I ate too much, but fall is the best season to enjoy food… so it’s alright. We have some other phrases using “〜の秋...

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Shinjyuku 新宿
Shinjyuku 新宿

What you should know about Shinjyuku.

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Bellevue Japan Week
Bellevue Japan Week

Today was the Japan week at Bellevue College. I went there and purchased couple of things at the flea market. I met some people.

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Guns in Japan
Guns in Japan

Why there is no mass killing using guns in Japan?

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US Version
Kit Kat in Japan

Unlike the US market, there are more different flavors of Kit Kats in Japan. You may want to pick some up when you are in Japan. Those make great gifts. Trust me, I brought some back from japan and they were gone in seconds.

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