Taste of Home: Barbecue Sauce in Japan
I love Japanese food, but every once in a while, I miss some of the tastes of home. It can be challenging to get some of the right ingredients …
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Onomatopoeia in Japanese
When I started studying Japanese, I never paid much attention to the language’s onomatopoeia, but reading children’s books in Japanese has taught me that there is a spelling for …
Greenery Day: A Perfect Reason for a Day Off
Unlike some people in my home country, I’m not the kind of guy to ever question a paid vacation day. You can argue all you want about whether Columbus’ …
Japanese Children’s Books: A Language of Their Own
One of our 1-year-old daughter’s favorite activities is to read with us. We have a collection of Japanese, English, and bilingual children’s books, and both of us read in …
Japanese Maps: Getting Lost in Rotation
Following a map in a different country can be a huge challenge. Unless you’ve brought your own with you, you may be stuck using those cartoony tourist maps that …
It’s Tourney Time: Sports Followership in Japan
Ahh, March At least this much is comforting and familiar: Every year, about this time, work productivity plummets as employees spend an inordinate amount of time checking updating sports …
On Envelopes – Just when you think you have that culture shock thing down…
I am a creature of habit, so despite having lived in Japan for two years now, there are still a few customs that trip me up every time. It’s …
Translating for the Fire Department: When it’s Okay to Shout “Fire”
It’s been just over a year since TranSenz went online, so I thought I would take this opportunity to share a story about one of my favorite parts of …
TranSenz’s Travis Interviewed in “Shiga +1” Magazine
Thanks to an introduction from one of our friends at Artoner, Travis was interviewed by Shiga Prefecture’s semi-monthly magazine “Shiga +1” (滋賀プラスワン) as one of the January/February issue’s featured …
One Year in Shiga
It’s been a year since we moved from Kyoto to Shiga- probably the most wonderful year of our lives. I don’t mean to criticize Kyoto but, let’s face it, …
