No posts in a week and a half! And, frankly, no post worth writing home about today, either, and nothing more until January 4th, 2010. But in the meantime, why not read the second part of Ryan Morrison's dramatized literary history of Japan, and/or my...

I write these words as the Kantō region writhes beneath the boot of a cruel dictator. This inhuman master is known only as the Winter Shōgun (fuyu shōgun 冬将軍)....

Chochotakamuneek is a YouTube account up to which its multitalented proprietor "Chocho" is loading self-translated Japanese-language covers of English pop songs and jazz standards. His versions of "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Alone Again, Naturally" are...

Here's an entry from MAEDA Isamu 前田勇's Edo dictionary that belongs to the ages:...

As the title suggests, while I don't mean to intrude, I really think that you should buy the updated, improved edition of my translation of Natsume Sōseki's Botchan in e-book form. The Kindle version is out now, and others should follow soon. And...