Mari has an interesting article about a new craze in Japan surrounding a character named 'Spoo'. It all started with this video clip (edit: actually this clip) from one of my favorite Japanese kids shows. In it the two hosts try to draw a picture of one… more »

I've had way too much free time lately and have been spending a good chunk of it surfing the web, looking at blogs and generally staying in a mostly vegetative state. I was getting pretty disgusted with my sloth like behavior and was about to close my l… more »

Merry Christmas Avoidinglife fans and random people who stumbled on this site! This year for Christmas I've decided to just lay low in Noheji and chillax. This has given me ample time to prepare this wonderful Christmas gift for you all... songs from th… more »

There really are only a small number of famous Japanese names that anyone knows outside of this country. There are a small handful of baseball players, Yoko Ono and of course Godzilla. I don't really care much about baseball, and nobody cares about Yoko… more »