It's the end of the month and here's the latest round up of new blogs that have just started, or blogs that have been going for a while and only just been submitted and added to the main JapanBlogList.com

Tokyo Cheapo Dedicated to giving the best advice for making your yen go further when visiting or living in Tokyo. They cover everything from where to find the cheapest orange juice to finding cheap virtual offices.

Russell Jenkins Stoop Files Russell photographs mostly natural subjects in Japan and Australia.

Japan Let's Go "A Renaissance man, hoping to be" He left home to search for knowledge free. This is his story, his fight, go follow him.

The Japan Rants from a Japan lover who says his posts are meant to be a source of entertainment, and perhaps give a person or two something to relate to. Some of his posts will be just for laughs, and some will be a little deeper.

Dru's Misadventures and travels, mostly in Japan.

Kenji's Epic Journey A look into the life of a Japanese University student. Kenji is an American National living Japan for the past 3 years now. He goes to Doshisha University and is studying Global Communications.

Touching Sounds of hands A Japanese deaf woman living in the United States, and talking about the deaf japanese people's live, Japanese Culture, deaf culture and sign language. (in English and Japanese)

A Gaijin in Japan A variety of posts on good stuff in Japan mostly Tokyo in English and French.

Is this really a good idea? Richard, a British English teacher in Japan. It's all about Japan, and teaching, and food, and culture, and stuff like that.

BakaPad For anyone who has an interest in games, Japan or anything in between! Their goal is to provide lots of fun gaming and Japan related content by posting all kinds of weird and wonderful entries. They live and breathe gaming and Japanese culture, so we hope to be a platform for like-minded people to interact with each other.

Bizarre Culture of Japan Step right up, japanese Otaku, Find out weird japanese culture here.

The GayBot Times A blog mostly about Japan and stuff.

Alishan on the Move Adventures and daily life of the crew of sy Alishan (Taswell 43). At present based in Fukuoka, Japan.

Asian Lifestyle Design sharing practical tips on interior design, Feng Shui, Asian culture, superstitions, customs, food and family lifestyles.

Ultimate parking I've not really understood this one. Something about photos of people parking..?

AaaoMori Felicia promises to introduce bits and pieces of something interesting, beautiful, yummy, funny, great and exciting in Aomori.

Cool Japan Would like to introduce Japanese culture to you.

Advanced Japanese For Beginners Japanese linguistic trivia.

Cooori Blog A new website for a new way of learning Japanese. Cooori is a Japanese language learning software company dedicated to improve language learning. Combining cutting edge computer technology with the most recent and reliable scientific knowledge in the fields of brain research, cognitive psychology to produce a revolutionary method for learning languages online.

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The goal of this website is to have all blogs listed here, that are written by Ex-pats in Japan or Japanese bloggers in Japan. It doesn't really matter what category you fit into. If you love Japan, you're more than welcome. We're up to 350+ blogs and growing daily! Most people want to go work in Japan (many go teach English in Japan) or live there, but they want a preview of what life could be like. Well, the solution is with the following list of blogs that are updated regularly with excellent content about Japan. Enjoy!

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Marina's Tokyo Cafe Marina writes about her life in Tokyo, Japanese Culture and she features recipes and videos from her Japanese Kitchen.

The Japan Bucket List Lucy, being an obsessive-compulsive sort of person, and also a fanatic of bucket lists, thought it would be fun to set herself some challenges to encourage herself to experience Japan when she arrives in March.

Me A Cranberry Ale Trying hard baker-photographer-gardener, seamstress, Wife, mother, and home-maker from the Philippines currently living in Toyoyama Town, Aichi Prefecture.

The Pudcasts Rachel and Laura: Two foodies currently baking, grilling, stewing, saute-ing, BBQ-ing and icing their way through life in Japan.

Love Hate Bake Ella and Shana are cupcake enthusiasts, cafe nerds, and lovers of good design and good food. They want to share some of the things they love from Tokyo and around the world, including interviews with chefs, bloggers, baristas, DJs, recipes of their own, cafe and restaurant guides, product reviews and much much more, with a big dollop of creamy cupcake lovin’, ‘cause that’s their kind of thing.

All About Japanese Food Kiyomi graduated Tsuji Culinary School majoring in Japanese cuisine. She's blogging about Japanese cooking because "Japanese food is not just SUSHI or TEMPURA, there are many home cooking meals that are healthy and tasty". She's eager to become your Japanese Food Guide.

Sin Tonic She's currently studying Modern Japanese Studies in Germany. She'll be posting about daily life and videogames.

Japanologically She works for Interac as an ALT in Nagaizumi-cho in Shizuoka prefecture. She teaches exclusively at elementary schools and is enjoying every second of her crazy little adventure!

Around Tokyo was started in Sep 2011. Their idea was to create a site that would give tourists and travellers to Tokyo a fairly broad range of ideas of what is on offer here.

Not here for Green Tea and Onsens Stories and tips from surviving and hustling in Tokyo, from John LaTorre: Writer and Experienced Former Drunk.

Grinning Studio Run by a gentleman who calls himself Grin he describes his site :'I am looking for talented people in Japan that want to promote their hobby, or creative project to the English speaking community. I am the producer of the free podcast, and blog all about Music, arts, and entertainment in Japan. If you have a hobby, project, creative product, and some form of media I can link to such as a blog, website, order page, podcast, art portfolio, or the like, and you live in Japan please contact me to see how I can promote you for free.' . And so I did, and Steve interviewed me about JapanBlogList for his Podcast. Listen to our conversation here at Interview with Jonathan Allen Webmaster of JapanBlogList. He has also started a Facebook Group Japan Bloggers.

Cajun Gaijin Adam is a Cajun from Louisiana who’s moving to Japan to teach English. He’ll be chronicling hist adventures after he arrives in May.

Urban Postcards : Steven Crawford is a British lifestyle and editorial photographer living in Fukuoka City Japan.

Tokyo Excess Focused on Japanese pop culture, Japanese collectible culture, anime, science fiction, gadgets, some travel, and other interesting things.

Gurepufurutsu Means Grapefruit Chronicles Kelly's culinary adventures in Japan. Food, travel and recommendations.

Girl and Kat British astrophysicist who has recently moved to Japan with her cat.

Japanese Names Claims to be "The ultimate boys and girls Japanese names list with meanings in English." It's now newly updated for 2012.

My Japanese Language learning journal is, not surprisingly, about learning Japanese.

Six Days in Chiba A lot more interesting than the name sounds. 'Centipede is a jack of all trades, and an aspiring translator/game designer/ bum... He is also an avid gamer, anime fan, and self styled movie critic.'

Come Along to Japan Climbing Mount Fuji, zen-meditating in Matsushima, meeting robot Mickey Monroe in Sendai, petting a blue-eyed deer in Miyajima... Anni spent a month traveling through Japan, and turns out, it was the best time of her life.
Kiwi Vanilla Kinda weird pretty girl - that's her! She says she's a nutcase, but she's cute. She's a 20 year old from Argentina, who is pleased to meet you. Please enjoy her awesome blog of awesomeness.

Here's this months round up of blogs added to the Japan Blog List

The Girl in Translation Jess is about to arrive in Japan for a one year adventure.

Follow Noah Noah has already done some long distance walking the Tokaido from Kyoto to Tokyo in 2011 and he is planning another trip in 2012. The route will be from Hiroshima through Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, along the Nakasendo to Tokyoto follow the legacy of and to search for the modern day locations of Hiroshige's paintings: The 69 Stations of the Kiso-Kaido. He'll be filming interviews and posting videos of his trip as he goes.

British Extract Kim is moving to Japan in March 2012 from England. She'll be volunteering in Takarazuka, working with the disabled and she's going to be keeping a blog about her daily life, differences in culture, fashion, etc, pretty much anything that is different or interesting from life in England.

Hokkaido Bandhunt Emilio and his friends have recently started interviewing bands in Hokkaido for their new blog. They will be updating once a month with new bands. All of their interviews are in English but they are planning on posting translations too.

Just us in Japan This is the story of three adults, two children and two dogs stationed in Japan.

Beacon Reports Bottom line tips for residents of Japan from Richard. Categories include :Legal and Taxation, Lifestyle and Culture, Personal Finance and Real Estate.

Amanda in Japan She's been in Japan since 2007, she says 'Being in Japan has taught me how to live.' read her story.

Japan Law Geek Offers an analysis of legal and political developments in Japan.

Japan Glimpsed Glimpses of Japan from Brian.

Haecceity: Lexi Chronicles Haecceity is the personal blog of Lexi, a twenty-something Pacific Northwest native with an English degree and a love of Japan. Here you will find assorted tales of international [mis]adventure alongside travel photos, opinion editorials, and anecdotes from the life of a devout wanderer.

Aussie on the Izu Sarah arrived in Japan just after the quake last year on the JET program. She's trying to set up a reasonably successful blog about Japan. (her words not mine!)

Life in and Life After Ariake Aggie was in Japan on the JET program, but now back home.

With Love from Japan Eustacia is going to study in Japan for 5 years under the Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Undergraduate scholarship. Follow her progress here.

The Only Blonde in Osaka is self described as: '21 year old blonde Kiwi seeks fame and fortune via pretentious and gimmicky travel blog that will inevitably discuss mundane observations of an exchange student's everyday life in Osaka, Japan, with a special focus on Japanese toilets.' started last week.

Japanese Odds and Ends proclaims "Is directed at a somewhat troubled audience and tries to fill the gap between those levels of Japanese for which there are plenty of learning materials."

This is How She Fight Start Hard to summarise this one, but some interesting and well written items on observations on life in Japan from Kure Kamo.

Far Away Blog Kevin is in Kobe, he's been teaching in Asia and is about to publish an E-Book on his experiences.

IroMegane describes itself thus: "Iromegane is the key to understand real Japanese society, culture and people. Japanese products are everywhere around us but Japanese people are barely known. They might be mysterious and strange for you but WHY? Iromegane helps you to fill your curiosity." They been posting since Feb 2011.

Handshakes and Hellos Paulo is a BBOY hailing from San Diego, California & is currently living in Sapporo, Hokkaido teaching English to the little kiddos. Amongst the many scenic photographs he posts of urban Sapporo, you'll also maybe surprised to discover random video clips of him breakdancing in his tiny Japanese apartment & possibly other parts of the city.

Travel in Nihon He's keen to travel all over Japan to areas ranging from Okinawa to Hokkaido and everything in between and he plans to capture as much as a person can.

Japan Travel Cafe Richard's website is devoted to living and traveling in Japan. He'll be posting observations, notes, photos and sketches. He says "This is not your typical travel website, this is my digital travel journal."

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I took a Christmas break so here's a double helping of blogs submitted to the Japan Blog List since the start of December 2011.

47 Japanese Farms 47 Farms is a three and a half year project examining Japanese agriculture through interviews and working farm stays with farmers and community leaders in each of Japan`s 47 prefectural entities. Written by two Americans living in Tokyo on a work assignment.

Life In Japan Life as a comic book from Victor.

The Mad Poppet Japan news, product reviews, and special segments like the Japanese Word of the Day, and StumbleUpon Japan from Dan in NY.

Monkey Man in Japan Subtitled "Obnoxious Opinions on Almost Anything, and Damn Proud Of It" Ryu is keen to share his experiences of Japan with the rest of the world; Help others understand more about Japanese culture and write weekly posts explaining the etymology of Kanji and useful Idioms. He's been busy since the start of Jan 2012.

Chuckzilla Eats Tokyo Chuck is a Canadian living in Tokyo, teaching at an International School.

Seiso Hime Dedicated to exploring the more feminine styles of Japanese fashion, particularly a simplistic, elegant style called Seiso.

Mottainai Kelly says 'mottainai' ("what a waste") it would be if she didn't share with others the knowledge of Japan she's gained through her experience of living here.

More Things Japanese is based on the book 'Things Japanese' written by Basil Hall Chamberlain in the 1900′s. It was a collection of articles on varying aspects of Japanese life and culture. More Things Japanese hopes to follow along in his footsteps, but for today’s world. from Benjamin in Okinawa.

Toujin no Negoto The observations and things that interest Izzy around Japan.

Japanonomics will analyze both the micro and macro economics of Japan and the Japanese people. Understanding an economy as complex and diverse as Japans requires looking beyond vanilla economic indicators and government statistics.

Susie Somewhere She's somewhere in Sendai supposedly teaching English so she says.

Red Headed Gaijin Zoe is hoping to leave England and come to either Japan or Korea.

With Aloha from Japan Shannon has just moved to Yokosuka and has subtitled her blog Confessions, thoughts and adventures of a local girl (and her husband) living in Japan.

With Eyes Wide Open The Damiano family are arriving in Yokohama very soon to teach English.

Zooming Japan from a German lady who has been in Japan since 2008 traveling, taking photos, studying Japanese, good food, Japanese dramas, castles, cats and taiko.

Hokkaido Kudasai Pamela has just moved from North Carolina to Hokkaido with her husband and is enjoying the snow in a new country.

Yamagata Man from Chris on the JET program in Yamagata.

Kamigata Rakugo and Me A Happy Bilingual Blog about Comic Storytelling and Life in Osaka, from Matthew.

Dave's Japan Diary A day-to-day, true to life drama of a Jamaican male, living and working in Japan. he's been blogging regularly since March 2008.

I Love Kanji is a Japanese writing learning site.

Kasukachan Kasuka is posting everyday about her Japanese learning experience.

Japanese Rule of 7 Subtitled "Knowledge for your brain about Japan." Ken covers Life in Japan, Working in Japan, and Learning Japanese.

Lets Japan Mark has been in Tokyo since 1993. "You’ll find a variety of inspired, interesting, humorous, meticulously crafted posts reflecting a unique outlook" he claims.


My Journey To Japan Josée has just been accepted on her course in Japan.

Drill Bits subtitled : A weird guy living in japan. It features : "japanese stuff, reviews, thoughts, absurd things, bizarro, fantasy, writing, doodling, boredom, randomness."

Not enough Cheese from Ben on the JET program in Okayama.

Tokyo First Time Japan looks like a fairly generic tourism site with some blog type postings that has been created recently mostly from items from WikiHow.

Due to a problem with blogger software that I and number of others have reported, I'm not able to add these blogs to the list of 'Latest posts', so I've had to add a second 'More Latest posts' further down the blog. Please keep paging down to see the latest updates from these blogs, until blogger will let me edit the original list.

For those of you in Australia and looking for cheap flights to Osaka, Japan Blog List recommends you visit Flightcenter.com.au. They offer flights, tours and great holiday packages. Their staff are experienced travel experts, dedicated to finding the best travel deal for you.

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.