妙心寺の防火水そう The red symbol pictured at right indicates the location of a fire prevention cistern in Kyoto's Myoshinji Temple. The final character, 槽 (so), has been rendered in kana （そう）to make it easier to understand. Fire,...

大阪弁 Q. "Mohkarimakka?" A. "Akimahen" This exchange in Japanese would confound anyone who had studied Japanese the formal way. Japanese has a myriad of dialects that vary widely enough to sometimes make mutual understanding between Japanese...

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Nagoya Speed Dating is holding it’s 9th party in Nagoya! Date: Saturday December 5th, 2009 Time: 6-9pm registration from 6:00 to 6:30pm Drinks will be served between 6:30pm-8:50pm. Place: Nagoya Tsurumai City Public Hall, 1-1-3 Tsurumai...

Nagoya Friends 76th party in Nagoya! at Date: Saturday November 28th, 2009 Time: 18:30 - 21:00 Drinks will be served between 6:30pm-8:50pm. Place: The Red Rock (2F Aster Plaza Building, 4-14-6 Sakae, Nagoya (very close to Sakae Station) ...