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Hey folks. Yes, T-Bone is still alive. He just doesn't really like social media...hehe.

Anyway, I wrote some stuff for Tokyo Art Beat's (that's the J*pan art media website I work for) Editors' Diary. Check it out!

That's Lani. Yes, she's really our dog. It's not her fault ;-)

Editors' Diary #2: My Journey with J*panese - Battling and (Somewhat) Befriending Kanji In the second entry of the Editors' Diary, I talk about my experience learning to read and write J*p

https://www.findingjapan.com/2020/07/577/

Episode 87 – Startin’ Up, Movin’ Up with Tim Andersen – Finding J*pan Posted on July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 by TerranceEpisode 87 – Startin’ Up, Movin’ Up with Tim Andersen Tim Andersen is back to talk more startup in J*pan. We get the update on what happened to his startup project Musby. Spoiler, it didn’t go as planned. However, it’s all good. Tim has no qu...

http://www.terry.io/podcast/2017/9/21/jazzinn-the-drink-that-made-me-a-man-sort-of-not-really

JAZZINN - Yes, this J*panese tea soda is the best drink in the world A rainy night. A man and a woman sit in a car. The man, wordless and mostly unseen, drinks from a bottle. Jazz plays in the background. Varying shots of the man drinking play across the screen. Only the sounds of rain, music, and swallowing. In a lilting Osaka dialect (think American Southern accent

http://www.terry.io/podcast/2017/11/7/a-cinematic-masterpiece-in-season

A cinematic masterpiece in season Of the classic J*panese directors, you probably know Kurosawa but what about Ozu? Some of you may know his most famous film, Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari), but how many of his other excellent work such as Late Spring or Floating Weeds. In this post, I talk about Ozu's final film, An Autumn Afternoo

http://www.terry.io/podcast/2018/1/26/imta7o159i46mcbcnpoyrhhbxq5gve

The First Star Wars Movie THE HIDDEN FORTRESS It is a period of warring states. The Akizuki clan, defeated in battle, have their lands seized by rival Yamana clan. In the aftermath, Akizuki Princess, Yuki managed to survive and take refuge in a hidden fortress with a handful of loyal servants and what remains of her family.....

Episode 80 of Finding J*pan. Check it out.

http://www.findingjapan.com/2017/03/12/423/

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One of the most difficult aspects of the J*panese language is 'keigo' or honorific language. How you address someone, how you refer to yourself, the verbs you use, etc., can change entirely depending on whether you're talking to someone who's your superior or subordinate, younger than you or older than you, someone you're serving or who's serving you.

An example that people who know the movie The Karate Kid (amusingly called Best Kid or more accurately Besuto Kiddo in J*pan) would be familiar with is Mr. Miyagi's addressing of Daniel as Daniel-san. In a J*panese teacher-student relationship Mr. Miyagi (or Miyagi-sensei, as he would be addressed) would never give Daniel the honorific -san. He would address him as Daniel-kun. It's most likely the producers of the movie went with -san because it's more familiar to American audiences and sounds better. Also, if you're a Karate Kid/Mr. Miyagi fan you can even see how Mr. Miyagi's deference and respect for Daniel would match his character, so while technically wrong it's probably the better choice in that situation. By the way, since -kun is usually (there are exceptions) only used for boys/men, girls/women are often addressed with -san even if they are junior in age or position.

This article is a great introduction to understanding keigo and perhaps the ultimate situation in keigo.

http://www.nippon.com/en/nipponblog/m00113/

Talking About The Emperor in J*panese When service assistants talk to customers in J*pan, they show courtesy by using honorific language, known as keigo. If the customer is king, appropriate deference is required. A discrepancy in rank—whether in a brief service interaction or within a company—brings into play different vocabulary than…

http://www.nippon.com/ja/behind/l10001/

［ニュース］外国人差別で初の実態調査＝３７市区の１．８万人−法務省 ヘイトスピーチ（憎悪表現）など外国人への差別的言動が社会問題化していることを受け、法務省は３１日、初の実態調査を行うと発表した。全国３７市区の外国人居住者計１万８５００人を対象に、差別を受けた経験や、差別解消に向けた政策要望などについて聞く。来年３月末までに集計結果を公表し、人権状況改善に役立てる方針だ。

http://www.nippon.com/en/behind/l10001/

J*pan to Conduct First Survey on Hate Speech Against Foreigners (News) Tokyo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)—The J*panese Justice Ministry said Monday it will conduct a survey on hate speech against foreigners in the country for the first time ever, with a view to improving human rights.

If you've never visited J*pan or you're food shy and haven't really gotten in the trenches with J*panese food and the overall food culture, then you're missing out. Bourdain is not the only food journalist who brings up Tokyo and J*pan when asked what their favorite food destination is.

Some reasons why?
Amazing J*panese food like sushi, yakitori, ramen.
Amazing French, Italian, Chinese food. Ask Michelin.
Amazing beef. So amazing I used to have a podcast called the Kobe Beef Show. No, it wasn't about wagyu per se but I was living in Kobe at the time, so I named my show after it.
Amazing number of joints on any street corner. Arrive and you'll see.
Top to bottom range of restaurants from.
J*panese twist on Western food called yohshoku that was created about 100 years ago when J*pan was first exposed to Western food. Example, tonkatsu, deep fried pork cutlet.
The list goes on. And J*panese cuisine is like the Navy SEALs, it covers sea and land with almost no religious or cultural restrictions.

http://www.businessinsider.com/anthony-bourdain-japan-favorite-destination-2016-10

Anthony Bourdain explains why even after touring 80 countries, his favorite destination will always be J*pan "Parts Unknown" host Anthony Bourdain has traveled around the entire world, but he said he will never be bored by J*pan's culture or food.

CHECK OUT the Terryio podcat. At 2 episodes, it's still in its wet, crying newborn stage. So far, I talk about life's input and output and the greatest cinema experience of my life. http://www.terry.io/podcast/

Blog|Podcast The show where I discuss the Inputs and Outputs of my life on questions ranging from "Why we're here?" to "Why taking a dump feels so good?"