October 15, 2004

A Few "Best of" Japan Blogs IMHO

Those are my daughters in the pictures above. Reia is four. The twins turn two next month. Mari is wearing a white shirt and Maika is in pink. We all went to the park last week during a break in the weather. :)

I've been wanting to stop and say something about the blogs on the right side of this page. I've chosen to list my favorite blogs in Japan. You and I may disagree on what makes a blog one of the "best," so I'll stop from time to time and highlight a few of them. So without further words...

If I were voting for the best blog in Japan, I'd pick Hamamatsu Hakujin. I really enjoyed reading his recent post about working as an air conditioning installer when he first moved to Japan. I've been hooked ever since. His purpose for blogging is very similar to mine, so I'm biased.

Recently, I've been checking out Coco in Tokyo. This is a great example of the raw blogging of thoughts and emotions from a insightful, somewhat confused and (apparently) intelligent Japanese woman. As she states, "This is my stripped soul for sale." That kind of sums it up. Go peer into her unique and Japanese world.

Confessions of a Grade School Role Model is a great blog. It's frequently updated, full of pictures and stays focused on life in Japan. Again, I'm biased, but I figure anyone can write about blogging, politics, philosophy etc. (and more power to them), but only someone living in Japan can put that experience into words.

I recently found Nihongo No Michi (Japanese Street), a blog about learning Japanese. If you, like me, are learning Japanese then you may enjoy following his progress in the language and insights along the way.

Tokyo Times has some interesting stuff up right now. This is another site where I pretty consistently learn something I didn't know about Japan. It's not always something I care to know, and sometimes when I read this site it reminds me of my age...

But it's a good one! And that wraps up my blog round up of sorts.

Whewww, blogging about other blogs sure is tiring. I don't know how people can stand to type and link, type and link, type and link. I think I'll just try and put in one good link per post from now on.

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Posted by jw at October 15, 2004 06:43 PM
Comments

Thank you so much for the recommendation and link (Confessions of a Grade School Role Model). You gave me a very generous write-up, and without it, I wouldn't have found your blog, which I'm enjoying. I'm looking forward to your undokai photos too. I've experienced Japanese kindergarten as a teacher, but I'm interested in your perspective as a parent too.

Thank you again!

Posted by: Karla at October 15, 2004 08:57 PM

Andy, I too would like to thank you for the link and for your recommendation. We are all in the same boat here and I believe that everybody's experiences have something to offer and I know that reading them has opened my mind a great deal. Isn't blogging the best thing since sliced bread!

Posted by: peter at October 15, 2004 09:21 PM

I don't know. Imagine life without sliced bread... Glad I could point people toward you all. :)

Posted by: Japan Window - Andy at October 15, 2004 10:27 PM

I've also dropped by to thank you for your recommended link. A great blog about learning Japanese which I discovered after starting nihongonomichi.com is http://www.zanthan.com/japan/nihongo/ It has some great posts.

By the way, in one of your pictures your daughter looks just like my sister did when she was a child!

Posted by: Darren at October 16, 2004 10:44 AM

Hi, i've found your blog while looking for some Nikon D-70 reviews last month and i must say that it was a nice surprise to find someone so near (i'm living in Asaka, 30 min fron Tokyo) with the same interests and also trying to figure this place out, i'm here for just 6 months now and still on that akward language-learning-trying-to-fit-in kind of phase. The blogs you've pointed are great and i'm willing to know more about blogging, i just need some directions or suggestions for the best means to do it... if anyone could give me a hand i would be very grateful! That's my Messenger mail: danielhirose@msn.com
Oh, and thanks for the Nikon review!! I've bought it last week and it is sweet!!!

Posted by: Daniel at October 17, 2004 12:59 AM

Thanks for the mention Andy. Very kind of you.

Posted by: Lee at October 17, 2004 02:27 PM

Hi,

I just wanted to let you know...when I clicked on the Coco in Tokyo link, it took me to the Hamamatsu Hakujin website instead.

Posted by: Toni at October 18, 2004 03:06 PM

I fixed the Coco in Tokyo link.

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