A compendium of all things Japanese: food, language, names, mythology, what it’s like to live there, how to get there, what to do once you’re there, and even why Japanese fan magazines are so very anxious for you to know all the characters’ blood types.
Japanese Blood Types and Personality – Why are brooding heroes always type A? Why are ditzy heroines always type B? How come we know this about them, anyway? New and improved: …So Western blood type theories mean that Sailor Moon’s a cavegirl?
Japanese Girls’ Names and Japanese Boys’ Names – Common Japanese names from the last century and a half, with a list of the most popular names since 1994.
Geishas’ Names – Geishas’ professional names.
Kitsune, Kumiho, Huli Jing, Fox – Asian fox spirits in all their bibliographic glory.
Miso Soup for the Otaku Soul – Japanese food for American fans.