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Sante! All about Beaujolais Nouveau!

Sante! All about Beaujolais Nouveau!

Posted by on Nov 21, 2013 in Featured, Japanzine | Comments Off on Sante! All about Beaujolais Nouveau!

Beaujolais Nouveau est arrive! If October was the month of the pumpkin, November will definitely be the month of the grapevine. But what is...

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Freshness Burger’s Mouth Hiding Wrapper Makes The World Go Wild

Freshness Burger’s Mouth Hiding Wrapper Makes The World Go Wild

Posted by on Nov 15, 2013 in Japanzine | 1 comment

Freshness Burger (フレッシュネスバーガー)’s latest marketing gimmick has been attracting a lot of attention around the...

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Real Life Mario!

Real Life Mario!

Posted by on Oct 24, 2013 in Featured, Japanzine | Comments Off on Real Life Mario!

Mario and Luigi have learned some new tricks in this video, which plays like a cross between the classic Nintendo games, Mirror’s...

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Is the term “gaijin” offensive?

Posted by on Oct 24, 2013 in Featured, Japanzine | 17 comments

No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ‘Gaijin’ is just an abbreviation of the word ‘gaikokujin’ and when people use it,...

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How to Learn Kanji

How to Learn Kanji

Posted by on Oct 24, 2013 in Japanzine | 3 comments

It goes without saying that kanji is THE major stumbling block to becoming literate in Japanese. After all, the two kana systems are models...

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Website Of The Week: Japan’s First Black Cat Cafe

Website Of The Week: Japan’s First Black Cat Cafe

Posted by on Oct 18, 2013 in Japanzine | Comments Off on Website Of The Week: Japan’s First Black Cat Cafe

Ever since the appearance of the animal sidekick character, Jiji, in the Ghibli film Kiki’s Delivery Service, Japan has adopted the idea...

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