Blogs on Japan

Blogs on Japan has started a new feature where we interview different bloggers who blog about Japan. If you would like to be interviewed, please contact me! Also if you are looking for some interesting blogs on Japan, take a look at the previous interviews. Today we are lucky to have Rinkya stop by.

What does “Rinkya” mean?
Rinkya has no particular meaning. We were looking for a silly and fun name that would stick. Kind of like Google, Sony, Yahoo. All have names which do not relate to the product, but are household names!

When did you start blogging about Japan and why did you start?
I started the blog last November for Rinkya which is our Japan on-line auction and shopping service. It was basically a result of customer demand. Our users wanted to know more about Japan trends and exclusive products- and we thought a blog format would be the best way to get the info out. The blog has evolved from Japan exclusives to include much more- culture, fashion and your basic Japan weirdness ^_- Japan is the 2nd largest consumer market in the world- they pump out a brand new type of you-name-it every week and so the turnover here and amount of product and ingenuity is absolutely amazing. It takes a lot to keep up!!

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Blogs on Japan has started a new feature where we interview different bloggers who blog about Japan. If you would like to be interviewed, please contact me! Also if you are looking for some interesting blogs on Japan, take a look at the previous interviews. Today we have to do a little running and try Keeping Pace in Japan.

When did you start blogging about Japan and why did you start?

My first entries, like so many other blogs, were about my initial primitive impressions of Japan and my take on working in the Japanese world of the eikaiwa – a lot of my research back home was done by reading personal blogs of teachers and locals in Japan, but I couldn’t find any pages with the information I wanted: running trails, good restaurants (Japanese and foreign alike), etc. I knew nothing could take the place of experience, but I wanted to provide a better perspective and more detailed information to NJ (non-Japanese) residents and people considering moving to Japan.

Since those first few months, when a lot of my observations were still in a tourist mindset (i.e. the Japanese are practically a different species, far from the truth), I think I’ve come a long way, in both my writing and my perception. More often that not, I’m writing about essentials and comforts of living and working in Japan, but I don’t shy away from controversial news stories, only in Japan tales, or reporting on my most recent travels.

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