Thought going for Chinese food was simple in Japan? Better choose wisely, or you may not find what you want on the menu! Yumeno YoManga artist, overseas culture lover, and wants to show all the fun and strange origins of the Japanese language. www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~godpen12/
Continue reading →Have you ever sat down, looking at your soba (or udon) menu and think “wow, that’s some weird stuff to be putting in your soup?” Then you avoid these 2 dishes because of it, or believed you were being brave and ordered one, thinking where’s the raccoon (dog)? Well it’s time to clear up some confusion: Yumeno YoManga artist, overseas culture lover, and wants to … Continue reading →
If you want to sound cool, you need to use special names for the months. 一月、二月、五月 – this is boring. Try calling May 皐月 (さつき). But don’t just stop there. You want to talk about the special rain in May that signals the changing of seasons, 五月雨 (さみだれ). If you can read this, it’s impressive. If you can use it in samurai fashion, it’ll turn … Continue reading →
There is some strange Japanese out there, that means the opposite of what you think it means, and can confuse the unready traveler. 適当(てきとう) is one of those words. Is it “the proper/right amount” or “whatever way with half-assed effort” Yumeno YoManga artist, overseas culture lover, and wants to show all the fun and strange origins of the Japanese language. www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~godpen12/
Continue reading →When common Japanese phrases originate from ghost stories… someone is going to get left behind.
Continue reading →Life can be hard as a Japanese manga artist, and lack of AC may be the least of your problems.
Continue reading →Welcome to 2016. The year where your Japanese is going to become 9,000 times better than it is already right now. Yumeno-san wanted to create 2 small manga strips to bring in the New Year and introduce everyone at Jalup to 年越しそば (what every Japanese person eats welcoming in the new year), and the new Year of the Monkey. Read it and get to some New … Continue reading →
I’m assuming you are all training. But since there is no “language sport” that the olympics has as of right now, your trip to Japan in 2020 may be cut a little short. But there is hope. Maybe you can’t enter the Olympics, but you can try to make the logo for them. Japan had a major copyright crisis with their original logo several months … Continue reading →
