Portfolio
Contributions to Néojaponisme:
“Murakami Haruki B-Sides”
“Still No Nobel”
“Mistranslating Murakami”
“2008: The Rise of Watanabe Atsumu”
“Enryo”
“Loss and Recovery: 1Q84 and Murakami’s Sunken Continent”
Contributions to CNNGo Tokyo:
“In the bag: Black tea’s revival at G Clef”
“Domo arigato, Mr Robata: Classic robatayaki at Musashi”
“Hoofin’ it in Oimachi: Jingisukan grilled lamb at Kitaichi Club”
“The great Shibuya Station beer-lover’s pub crawl”
“Japlish: It’s two confusing languages in one!” (Please note that I did not title this piece.)
Contributions to Japan Pulse:
“Pulse Rate: 社畜 (shachiku)”
“Baum cake blitz”
“Internet Go BOOM: Visual Kei’s Deep Throat”
“How to make a Big Bang in show business”
“Big (only) in Japan? Beer Salesgirls”
“Will a coven of Witch Girls grow in Japan?”
“Kings of comedy yuck it up on April Fools”
“With Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, is a hit for the PSP at hand?”
“The knock-on effect of Murakami’s “1Q84” series”
“Major beer companies diet excessively while craft brewers beef up”
“Big (only) in Japan? Tape as proof of purchase”
“Apartment shares in Japan draw a share of the herd”
“No Konbini No Life: instant maze-soba”
“Daburu Koron hit big time with pun-riddled riddles”
“Mixi helps users socialize with new apps”
“Pulse Rate: ‘Free rent’ pricing aims to fill up empty apartments”
“Big (Only) in Japan? ‘Greensleeves’”
“Who will feed the Haruki Murakami fans online?”
“KFC goes for finger-lickin’ health-conscious goodness”
Contributions to The Japan Times:
“Take your taimingu when translating loan words”
“The value of seemingly empty Japanese phrases”
“‘Ii‘ is a perfectly good way to say, ‘No, thank you‘”
“Battling language’s law of diminishing returns”
“Stop worrying and embrace the passive tense”
“Procedural phrasing: often a pain, but always polite”
“Japanese humor: more universally funny than you think”
How to Japonese Video Supplements:
How to Shinjuku Station
Underrated Japan Vol. 1 – Shinagawa Morning Rush
Old Edo Great Beer Pub Crawl
Underrated Japan Vol. 2 – Mikan
Underrated Japan Vol. 3 – Tonkatsu
How to Higaeri Onsen
How to Bank Mad Cash in Japan
仁亭
My New Orleans
Natto Experiments
Good Eats – Musashi
JR Station Pub Crawl – Yamanote
Collabo-Ramen – 魚雷 Gyorai
Free Tourism – The Tokyo International Forum
Collabo-Ramen – 六厘舎 Rokurinsha
Yokohama 開港 Great Beer Pub Crawl
Collabo-Ramen ひるがお Hirugao
Collabo-Ramen – むつみや Mutsumiya
Collabo-Ramen – けいすけ二代目 Keisuke Nidaime
Shibuya Station Circumnavigation Great Beer Pub Crawl
Collabo-Ramen – Bassanova
