Archive for November, 2007
UFO Catcher: A Guide To Winning
Friday, November 30th, 2007Japanese Culture blog Tofugu recently posted up a cool guide to winning stuffed animals from UFO Catcher. Apparently the trick is to use the claw to push down and roll the toys near the exit rather than trying to pick them up. They made a little video showing how to do it (the […]
A Short Guide To Faster Miso Soup
Monday, November 26th, 2007Miso soup is a staple food in my house. Sadly, no matter how many times I make it, I never get the right amount of miso on the first try. I have to add more miso (or extra water) several times before I can get it just the way I like it. […]
Daily J Interview
Friday, November 23rd, 2007Last night DailyJ posted up the first part of an interview with yours truly. They will be putting subsequent parts up in the days to follow. If you would like to know more about me, or the site, or if you just have a nagging curiosity to know how to say “placenta” or […]
Learn Japanese With Google
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007DailyJ is a new blog making great efforts to bring together the Japan blog community. Recently they’ve had some posts showing connections between different blogs and NihonHacks came up in connection with one of Harvey’s posts over at JapanNewbie. I’ll take the bait. :)
Google Images
JapanNewbie posted about using Google Images to get a […]
How To Find Cheese In Japan Part 2
Saturday, November 17th, 2007Back in September, I wrote an article about finding cheese in Japan. It highlighted the site order-cheese.com, which I use religiously to stock up on cheese. I really love cheese, so I was quite happy when some helpful readers wrote in with some more options for finding cheese in Japan.
The Meat Guy […]
Learn Kanji With Your Nintendo DS
Monday, November 12th, 2007Last Tuesday (November 6th) was my birthday. I turned 27. My lovely wife, being the sweetheart that she is, got me a Nintendo DS Lite for my birthday along with the game 250万人の漢検 (250まんにんのかんけん). This game is a Kanken test preparation game and it’s insanely addictive. It covers all 12 levels […]
Ghengis Khan Plate: The Secret To Cooking Lamb
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007Reader shiisa writes in again with a great tip for preparing strong meats like lamb: soak it in milk.
Hi Thomas,
I’m glad to see some e-mail information to nihon hacks added!
And big thanks for making my comment into an entry! I also wanted to add this semi-follow-up to “How to Find 300 Yen Steaks in Japan.”
Please […]