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Homemade Masks 21 May 2009 | 01:12 am
In Japan, when people get even a little bit sick they wear a mask. If you ride the train everyday, you’re likely to see at least one person wearing a mask everyday. If there’s a bug going around, so...
Newspaper hacks 9 Apr 2009 | 07:00 pm
Kind reader Viljami Nykänen sent me this: Hi Thomas, I’m not sure if you can actually put these up on your site as they are from a Japan Times article, but here goes anyway. Article link: http://se...
Banks and other places close for New Years, plus other stuff 31 Dec 2008 | 06:51 pm
Just a reminder that banks close for New Years holidays. Don’t get caught without cash. Grab a few extra ichimans today while you still can. Also, various stores will close and others will change ...
Mos Burger has jalepenos 21 Dec 2008 | 01:25 am
Jalepeno peppers are my favorite sandwich condiment. Whenever I’d go to Subway back in Texas, I’d always have them pile on the jalepenos. Sadly, Subway here in Japan doesn’t offer jalepenos (at leas...
Nothing says Japanese Christmas like Tsurushigaki (aka Looking Out My Window In Japan) 14 Dec 2008 | 08:12 pm
If you were to look out my apartment window, this is what you’d see: Yes, that’s right. The apartment across the street! Not very exciting. But if you look a little to the left, you’ll see this: ...
NihonHacks Breaks 1000 subscribers! 13 Dec 2008 | 02:16 am
I checked the front page today and saw this: Wow! 1000 subscribers! I never imagined I would reach so many people, especially not this quickly. Thank you everybody for your continued support! I love ...
Free Book Alert: Japanese Gaming Centers! 13 Dec 2008 | 01:46 am
Shane over at The Nihon Sun is giving away a free book. In her words: If you have ever been to a Japanese Game Center or want to learn more about the gaming scene in Japan then you need to read Arcad...
Rice Pancakes For Breakfast 12 Dec 2008 | 01:41 am
Reader Bob sends in this delicious hack: Thomas, I enjoy your nihonhacks site and I wish it had been available to us when we lived in Tokyo from 1988 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 1999. Another us...
Two hacks from Indonesia: soothe those burns 11 Dec 2008 | 04:16 am
A blog I subscribe to, David Goldsworthy’s Indonesia Blog, has a cool post about curing two kinds of burns: skin burns and the burns you get from eating spicy food. To cure skin burns, put toothpaste...
December Hacks from the Past roundup 9 Dec 2008 | 02:59 am
Hacks from the Past is a series of posts that I will do monthly that will go over past hacks so that new readers don’t have to bother digging through the archives. Here are December’s Hacks from the ...
