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

Post from: The Tokyo Traveler

On Thursday morning my hubby and I awoke to a 6.7 magnitude earthquake centered about 160 miles outside of Tokyo.  As I wrote on my personal blog, the experience was a bit nerve wracking.

The number of pets in Japan surpasses the number of children under the age of 15.

Lastly, the writers in the b5 travel and culture channel bring you some great photos from the cities that we write about.  Why don’t you do a little armchair traveling and check them out?

Or, check out all of the cocktails that we came up with in honor of World Cocktail Week.  Of course my favorite is the Sake Margarita!

Photo Credit:  Flickr, the exchange

Post from: The Tokyo Traveler