Podcasts are a kind of an audio blog—series of episodically released audio content, whether it’s educational, informational, or plain entertainment. They can be thought of…
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to ever establish contact with Japan. This happened in the sixteenth century when the Portuguese arrived at Tanegashima (種子島)…
If you are a budding student of Japanese, you may find the idea of the existence of untranslatable Japanese words reassuring, but when learning Japanese…
LOLcats can be funny, sarcastic and even offensive, but did you know they can also be educational? Here’s a bunch of top language learning tips…
With our Multi-epic summer giveaway over, and the lucky winners proudly enjoying their prizes, we took some time to reflect on the responses that we…
A couple of months ago, I bought my very first smartphone (HTC EVO Shift), and now I can’t imagine my life without one. When I…
It’s oh-so tempting when you’re stuck on a piece of Japanese homework, trying to trawl your way through a difficult article on a website or…
This is the second time NihongoUp has had the pleasure of hosting the Japan Blog Matsuri (see How to Japan), and based on the large…
Several months ago we launched a new kanji section of the site, including kanji lessons, and an SRS kanji quiz. Today, we are pleased to…
NihongoUp has long been a supporter of smart.fm, who among other things provided some of the excellent example sentences in the original desktop game. When…