Year 1 Index For The Three Steps Over Japan Blog
- An Otaku's Guide to Living and Working in Japan
- You can find Year 2 here and Year 3 here.
| What Makes a Good Manga | Writers: Edogawa Ranpo |
| Cost of Manga | Writers: Toshiko Ueda |
| Reading Manga on the Trains, Part 2, Part 3 | Writers: Tori Miki, In Person |
| 2008 Kyoto Manga Summit Announcement | Writers: Tezuka, Shin-Takarajima reprint |
| Buying Manga in Akihabara | |
| Mention: Kochikame and Agnes Lum | |
| Shonen Sunday and Magajin Postage Stamps | |
| Translated Manga: Frozen Food Agent | |
| Translated Manga: The Silver Anchor, ch. 20 | |
| Translated Manga: 2 chapters from Kochi Kame, vol. 159 | |
| Review: Edogawa Rampo: Tales of Imagination and Mystery | Movie: K-20 - Kaijin 20 Mensoden |
| Review: Miyuki Miyabe: All She Was Worth | Movie: Akuma no Temari-Uta |
| Review: Edogawa Rampo: The Black Lizard and Beast in the Shadows | Commentary: Impact of Edogawa Rampo on Japanese Mystery Writing |
| Review: Okamoto Kido: The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi | Commentary: Exporting Japanese IP |
| Preparing to Come to Japan | Food: Okonomyaki, Takoyaki |
| Living in Japan | Food: Curry, Odango |
| Job Hunting: Intro, Networking and Meishi | Food: Coffee |
| Job Hunting: Job Sites, Age and Gender | Food: Frozen Juice |
| Job Hunting: English Teaching | Food: Pocket Sandwiches |
| Bringing Electronics to Japan | Food: Matsutake, Himono |
| Sending Packages to Japan | Food: The Food Tastes Better Here |
| Listening to Radio, Station Names | |
| Tokyo Summers | Sunscreen |
| Radio Land, Akihabara | Tolerance, Intolerance 1, 2, 3 |
| Importance of Listening | Noise |
| Stalled Trains | Maturing, Part 2 |
| Natural Threats (Hurricanes, Earthquakes) | Losing my Backpack |
| Politics and Anime Stock Prices | No Peeing |
| Dry Ice in Grocery Stores | Travel Spot Ideas |
| Information Overload | |
| Mangled Train Passes | People: Agnes Lum |
| Firing vs Salary Cuts | |
| Stories: Riding the Train Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 | Robots: Ema |
| Photos: Fuji-san from Tokyo | |
| TSOJ Youtube Videos | Cycling Tokyo: 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| TV: Pitagora Switch | Akihabara Memorial |
| TV: Beijing Summer Olympics | Oto Matsuri (Music Festival, Akihabara) |
| Why Learn, Resources for Learning, JLC School Day 1 | Thinking in Japanese: Intro, Tools, Kanji, Basics, Structure and Politeness, Frozen Food Agent |
| Oishii | Thinking in Japanese: Nitty Gritty, Names, Getting Started, Vagueness, Ii kara |
| Useful Japanese Learning Aides Links | |
| PDQ Bach | Citizen Man |
| People I Like | What's Within Your Soul - Commentary |
| Dwight Frye | The Pyramid Art Project, 2, 3 |
| What's Within Your Soul - Closed | |