This month's collection of new blogs submitted to the Japan Blog List.
Half/Rife from a Hafu.
The Weekly Japan Blog Sophie, in the UK posts every week about Japanese things.
Hokkaido Kanpai Stories and pictures from Hokkaido by Allie.
From Oxford to Japan from Mona, who's in Oxford and wants to come to Japan.
Naruhodo Steffen describes it as 'A blog mostly about Japanese culture and history, but the idea is that I can post anything that is related to Japan. There is not that many posts yet, but I aim to post a minimum of one post a week, most likely more.' I particularly like the post on a Japanese farting competition on an old scroll.
Travel Japan from Brad Maloney, who's just moved to Japan to teach English.
Big Sushi, Little fishes. from a suburb on the western edge of Tokyo, roughly halfway between the mountains of Okutama and the neon canyonlands of Shinujuku and downtown Tokyo.
Move over Godzilla, Taking on Tokyo Living, working and playing in Tokyo. Travels, daily discoveries and other interesting things from a koto playing
Tips for Brits in Tokyo Alex has just started a blog with some useful tips if you are British on where to buy stuff.
The Weeaboo describes itself as an oasis for otakus and Weeaboos. I'm guessing that if you know what a Weeaboo is then this site will be for you.
Me and My Man in Japan Elaine has just moved to Okinawa with her husband. Follow her adventures as she gets to know life in Japan.
The blog of Snobs from Daphne, a Japanese girl improving her English.
Learning Japanese thru pictures A picture a day to introduce a simple phrase or word of Japanese.
Adrienne in Japan Adrienne went on an exchange trip to Japan during university, and has just came back to Japan after finishing her course in applied linguistics. She teaches EFL and I loves it. This is her story.
Japan Our Dream Tia and her fiance have a dream to come and work in Japan. This is their story.
Here's this months selection of new blogs that have been submitted to the Japan Blog List
Tokyo Podcast started in August by Anthony, he's been producing weekly podcasts on subjects including 'Moving to Japan', Typhoon Roke, and Freelancing in Japan.
Kunisaki Introducing Kunisaki-shi. A city in Oita prefecture, Japan. "Ignore what Wikipedia says, this is truly the countryside of Japan, it's rural, and it is prime tourist / intrepid traveller territory." claims Alex.
Life in the land of Wa from Dustin and Laura. One family's adventures in Japan and everywhere in between.
Warai-banashi True stories of life in Tokyo.
Dream of Nippon KneeCap is a 27 year old wannabe student in Finland. He is so keen to come to Japan for his honeymoon with his wife that he is prepared to have a sponsored tatoo. So if you'd like to advertise on a Finnish student's shoulder please check him out.
Miisheru Currently in England, but hoping to get over to Japan some time.
Life of a Foreign Hachikin Describes herself as "Just a Chicago girl living in the countryside of Shikoku, Japan. Taking a bit of time living "the slow life," teaching English, and learning about being a foreign hachiken. I write about my daily life in Japan, the music scene around shikoku, and trying to desperately cling to inspiration for my photography."
Kangaroos and Kappas Language, Life , 日本語で post , Derricious Foodz and Japanese Mini Lessons from Daniel.
Tacos with Chopsticks Stylish photos and stories on things to do and places to go, from two Gaijins living in Yokohama.
Learn Japanese Fast Not really a blog, just an advert for some Japanese lessons, but could be of interest, I'm almost tempted to try the course for $99.
The Beautiful Home CompanyInspirational Images and Observations by an English Interior Stylist living in Japan.
Imagine Blog Imagine blog from Imagination Ink Studio & Study . Information and musings from the staff and students in Hamamatsu.
The Last Nan Ban JinThe Last Portuguese Man In Kyushu, Southwest Japan, since June 2008. In Portuguese.
Greglane his personal blog on web tech and other stuff in Japan.
And, if this list on the right hand side is not enough, please head on over to a fairly new site the JapanBlogDirectory. They've got a growing list of Japan themed blogs including quite a few that have not been submitted here!
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Here's the round up of new blogs submitted to JapanBlogList over the past two months.
Prime Minister Noda's English Blog A new Prime Minister, a new blog.
Travel Volunteerblog Katie & Jamie from the UK will visit all of Japan’s 47 prefectures and share their impressions until Dec 24th, having won a competition organised by a Japanese travel agency to promote tourism in Japan.
Eating Okinawa Kelly describes it as: "a blog about eating, making and buying food in Okinawa...but also a bit further afield as well."
June in Japan Written by a Zen Buddhist Nun about her experiences volunteering in Tohoku, with many people's stories and photos of area.
Japan Movie Review Promising looking blog of reviews of Japanese movies watched by the author.
Itsumo Japan about Japanese art, culture, language, travel, food and shopping, from a lady in Leeds.
Japon Blog Japanese things, in Spanish.
Tres Semanas en Japon Three weeks travelling around Japan on a 3600Y/day budget from Enzo, also in Spanish.
Short Small Sweet The adventures of a little dimpled girl living and working in the smallest prefecture of Japan. (Tottori).
iNanban Photo blog from Osaka and Tokyo.
East Meets West Japanese Mum, raising her children in America.
No Puri No Life! All things related to purikura:news, reviews and everything else. (that's 'cute photo stickers' that you take of yourself, if you, like me, were not aware of the term)
Guillaume Erard Life in Japan and Aikido resources.
Mochi Gashi About Japan and other related things. from a Japanese sweet lover.
Go Japanese They promise regular articles about Japanese cuisine, Japanese culture and important tips on places to visit in Japan.
Buoyancy in Japan Tokyo strolling from Qwerky.
The Stray Samurai Suzuki-san promises Japanese culture, trends, fashion, manga and gadgets.
Japan Survivor Bits and pieces from Ann.
Matt G Matt is a mech.eng. student arriving in Sendai very soon. He's hoping to make weekly posts about what it is like living and going to school in Sendai, along with whatever cultural information he can give.
Japan Life Trifles Day to day trifles on a family life in Japan.
Aprilus 20 Anime and movie reviews.
Perihele Osaka photo journal.
J Market Blog JMarket is an online marketplace offering Japanese products to individuals who lives outside Japan. Their blog has topics like Japanese culture, Japanese products, tips on how to shop from Japan, etc.
Ski Soldiers Recently arrived in Japan American soldiers.
GaiJinks Up to no good in Japan.
Skeptikai Defends science, Exposes pseudoscience, and discusses fascinating stories that go unnoticed elsewhere.
Nihongoichiban has over 800 posts about kanji, hiragana, katakana, grammar, vocabulary, fun etc. Updated daily.
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Wow, it's been almost a year since I've taken over maintaining the list. So many new blogs, and also quite a few that have dropped by the wayside. Here's this month's selection of recently started blogs that have been submitted to the Japan Blog List.
A hundred views of Edo Enjoy Hiroshige's Ukiyoe, "A hundred Views of Edo". Makiko is going to visit the places where these Ukiyoe (woodblock printed) pictures were painted about 150 years ago in Tokyo and compare how those places look now. Text is both in English and Japanese.
Japanina's Food Corner Janina has been to Japan several times and is keen to share her Japanese recipes.
Beryl Pieces is intended to offer the Western reader glimpses into some lesser known aspects of parts of Asia, as well as into subjects connected to this region that are of interest to Beryl personally.
Lacquered Nothings A chronicle of the adventures of a Phoenician in Japan.
Life in Japan with Jason The continuing adventures of the Winter family in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan.
Ben Seab Japan + Tech . Life of an American engineer living in Tokyo.
Tokyo Restaurant Guide has a good selection of places reviewed for your dining pleasure.
Tokyo With Kids has got lots of useful links and posts about stuff for those with children.
Tokyo Travels Places to go, things to see in Tokyo.
Hello in Japanese is not a real blog I don't think, just a plug for language courses, but has a nice summary of the different ways of saying hello.
Through The Sapphire Sky hard to classify this one, but full of interesting arty things to reduce the stress in your life. Sapphire has been posting regularly since March 2009.
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Here's this month's selection of recently started blogs that have been submitted to the Japan Blog List
JapanEtc is a new blog started this month by Jasmin about the cool stuff in Japan.
Russian Senorita is written by a belly dancer teaching English in Southern Japan. She's documenting her life abroad.
Learn Japanese Adventure A blog on learning Japanese.
One Japanese Tetsuya Hatano's Blog
"One Japanese, one opinion. Nothing more, nothing less" is his tagline.
Goods Of Japan Jun started his blog this month because he wants to introduce Japanese cultures, customs, sights and goods for foreigners interested in Japan.
The Daily Paris from Paris Nakajima- Farran
A Japanese/Canadian writing about football, life and experiences. In Japanese and English.
Getting to Japan A Wanna be exchange student's blog.
Hello from Japan only 4 posts so far from Sakai-san.
Soulful Japan Describes itself as "focused on Japan as it has useful information about living and working in Japan, learning Japanese and etc. It also includes information about other Asian countries as well." But includes a featured post of Argentina and a section on the Caribbean! A professional looking blog, it seems to feature travel related posts from all over the world.
These blogs that have been running for a while and have been added to the list this month.
Hiragana Mama A bilingual mom trying to teach her kids Japanese while living in the United States.
Sigma 1 Intelligent political commentary on Japan from Corey in NZ.
Etceterata "Once a blog about art, but now more open to any social topic. Updated mostly when I feel like it." is how Owen describes his blog.
Gwynnie's Adventure Japan A welsh girl teaching English in Hamamatsu. She's been in Japan over a year and got a good collection of links to EFL teaching resources.
Whoa... I'm in Japan interesting stuff from Amanda in Tokyo, also teaching English.
Tales from East A variety of topics on Japanese subjects.
Tokyo Penguin from Matt in Seoul. He's a freelance journalist blogging about Tokyo and traveling in Japan and other countries.
Anime Maniacs from Julian in Melbourne. Over 8,000 followers on Facebook.
It's not just Mud Jamie quit his job to volunteer in Tohoku. Stories of the work he's doing.
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