The Tokyo Traveler

In my hunt for newsworthy items from Japan to share with you each Sunday I have found a couple of great resources that I think are worthy of a mention. I can’t cover everything in my weekly Nihon on the Net, so if you want to find more Japan specific news from a variety of sources you might want to check out News On Japan and if you want to see what bloggers who write about Japan have to say, check out JapanSoc, a great social networking site that you too can join!

On to this weeks, Nihon on the Net:

Found via JapanSoc:

You Might be in Japan if… written by Jason in the style of Jeff Foxworthy, very cute and mostly true!

Many people have heard about the cruise ship that was detained in New York because of safety violations. The ship, the Clipper Pacific, started it’s voyage in Japan and fellow JapanSoc member Harvey’s wife is on board. He gives some interesting insight into the ship, it’s mission and how the passengers are coping in his article titled Peace Boat Stuck in New York.

From more traditional news sources:

Americans finally getting to taste high-quality ramen. “We are living in a ramen moment,” said Alan Richman, a GQ magazine food critic who wrote a review of the ramen served at Ippudo NY.

In Japan, Buddhism May Be Dying Out, an interesting read from The New York Times.

USA Today reports that Tokyo emerges as global culinary power and lists some of the different types of food available and recommends where to get it.

Japan has more dogs and cats nationwide than children under 15 and they are taking their best friends to dancing classes with them.

Image Credit: Courtesy of JapanSoc & Flickr, Ramen noodles

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