In the first installment of my guide to blogging, I touched on how to choose a premise for your blog. Perhaps you already had some idea of what you wanted to do, or perhaps you wanted to blog but had no idea what to blog about. Either way, hopefully my post was a bit helpful….
Year: 2015
Wanyûdô, The Wheel Monk
Jasmin Boehm writes about an encounter with one of Japan’s ancient haunters, the Wheel Monk. This story won our Japanese Fairy Tale Contest. She won the book Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide. It is a strange event that I will tell you of, a moments when I was brushed by the shadow of…
Legend of the Twin Baku
David L. Simon accounts a tale of brothers who ate dreams. This story won our Japanese Fairy Tale Contest. He won the book Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide. You can find more of his work on DeviantArt. Long ago, before the gods had split the world into many lands, there lived twin Baku…
The Princess and the Fox
Edward C. Price won Honorable Mention during our Japanese Fairy Tale Contest. Once upon many years ago, in the far islands of Japan, a princess was born. Daughter of a brute but very wealthy man, she lived a noble life of seclusion. The princess was raised for the next fourteen years within the best possible…
Ways to get Anime Merchandise in the United States
A while ago I had an article on how to watch anime for cheap, or even free. Inspired by this, I’ve prepared a short list of ways and places to get physical anime and manga merchandise such as figures, DVDs, physical manga, and much more, sometimes for much cheaper than their retail price! These methods…
Paris Syndrome
You step off the plane in the fabled City of Light. Paris. What do you do first? Find a cab? Book a hotel room? Jump in and visit the Louvre? If you are Japanese, your first visit may just well be the hospital. Between 12 and 20 Japanese tourists each year are overwhelmed by Paris…