Willamette World News
Category: JapanBy saitok on Oct 14, 2011 in Japan | Comments Off
Everyone likes to laugh. And laughter has the power to makes others happy! But humor has different inclinations depending on the country or even the person. This time, I chose to write about Japanese comedians as our national icons, because a country’s comedy or sense of humor is usually not well known outside of the [...]
By saitok on Sep 26, 2011 in Japan | Comments Off
Please check my hometown on the map in below.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/asia/japan/
As you might know, this place has very hard time now because of TSUNAMI. But we all know the people around the world could help and encourage us a lot. So we are doing our best so that it become to retrieve as early as we can. I am also doing my best here!!
By nkulande on May 12, 2011 in Japan | Comments Off
My studying abroad will be at an end within three weeks. I still find it hard to phrase exact words to express how I feel about graduating from WU and saying good bye to friends. There are many things that happened in my life and these experiences have changed my life while I’m here. I [...]
By nkulande on May 12, 2011 in Japan | Comments Off
Since I came to the US, I have seen and felt many differences from Japan through daily life, contact with friends from all around the world and the people here, nature, and so on.
By nkulande on May 12, 2011 in Japan | Comments Off
It is hard to believe that I am graduating in a few days… I feel like I came here only a few months ago, but I cannot even remember how I felt and how I was when I came here two years ago. I have so many great memories from these two years at [...]
By nkulande on Apr 18, 2011 in Japan | Comments Off
There are three sets of alphabets in Japanese: Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana. Many nouns are written in Kanji, verbs and adjectives are written mostly in Kanji-Hiragana combination, particles and auxiliary verbs are in Hiragana, and words borrowed from foreign languages in Katakana.
By nkulande on Mar 9, 2011 in Japan | Comments Off
What can you imagine about Japanese food? There are a lot of famous foods in Japan. For example, Sushi, Tempura, Sukiyaki, and so on… I would like to share something about staple meals you would find in the Japanese home, especially during winter season. According to the calendar it is almost [...]