Living & Working in Ishikawa, Japan
Registration for all levels of the JLPT has finally moved into the 21st century. Beginning now, you can register online for the test, and new forms of payment–credit card, convenience store payment or furikomi–are available. Of course, if you like wasting your nenkyu at the the post office, the old system of mail application is [...]
You’ve probably found many of Ishikawa’s Must-See Fall Spots, but now iPhone users have a tech-savvy way to find great foliage wherever they may travel with Rurubu (Fall Foliage 2011), a free app designed to help you scope out the best spots around Japan. Use the Location function to find foliage wherever you are. Clicking on [...]
I don’t know how many hours the JET community has spent lamenting the loss of access to sites such as Hulu and Pandora due to international copyright restrictions. Since many foreign shows do not have broadcasting licenses in Japan, expats in Japan can’t access sites where they are streamed legally online. While many JETs have [...]
Whether you’re bored at work or are an enterprising Japanese learner, “Read the Kanji” may be just the website you’ve been looking for. Read the Kanji (www.readthekanji.com) is a a bright, graphic quiz aimed at Japanese learners of all levels. With decks available for hiragana, katakana and kanji (decks are aimed at the old JLPT [...]
Starting today Hulu has launched in Japan as a monthly subscription service. For ¥1480 a month you can enjoy unlimited use of Hulu services including access to all the programming available to Hulu users in the United States. To see how Hulu Japan would be different from Hulu America, I signed up for a one-month [...]
According to a joint press release issued by Docomo, KDDI, SoftBank Mobile and eAccess (Emobile), you will now be able to SMS across carriers in Japan starting on July 13, 2011. What does this mean for you, the humble cellphone user? No need to have the “What carrier are you?” conversation when you exchange information [...]
Jalan.net is, by far, my favorite place to book hotels. The site has a lot of great deals and has very detailed information on the hotels: closest train station, amenities, services, photographs, maps, and what meals are included. Plus, you can search by what kind of accommodations you want: ryokan, business hotel, single, double, Japanese-style [...]
With the new JETs arriving in two months, now is the time to upload your favorite lesson plans, proposals, and notes to Entrepreneurial Teacher. Give your successor and the rest of the Ishikawa JETs the benefit of your knowledge and experience in a format they can access before they even get to Ishikawa! For example, [...]
100% of the proceeds from 2:46 – Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake will be donated to the Japan Red Cross. The Kindle e-book is available for purchase at the US and UK Amazons. If you do not have a Kindle, you can download a FREE Kindle app for your Mac, PC, or smart phone [...]
Electronic dictionaries are a great tool whether they be the free one on your iPod or a standalone 電子辞書. A couple months ago I finally took the plunge and bought a new electronic dictionary. Compared to the one I bought more than seven years ago, I can say the quality of Japanese electronic dictionaries has [...]
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