EDITORIAL
Japonica’s Most Read Articles Vol 4— June 2022
Your favorite articles on Japanese life and culture published in June 2022
Hello, Japonica readers and writers!
Thank you for your continued support✨
Last month we announced the winners of our first writing contest. Please check the results in Alvin T.’s article.
- Gold award: Omizu Okuri: Festival of Fire and Water by Joshua Bewig
- Silver award: Shukunegi, Japan — The Town Where People Fish from Barrels by Diane Neill Tincher
- Readers choice award: The Mistakes I Made on My First Trip to Japan by Rebecca Copeland
Once again, thank you for your participation, and congratulations to Joshua Bewig! コンテストにご参加いただいた皆様、ありがとうございました！
Now, let us introduce our most-read articles in June. We published 51 articles by 25 different writers. 4 of our stories earned over 1,000 views!
The Most Popular Article of June 2022 goes to…
🥇 This Is Why the Japanese Government Cannot Stop the Declining Birthrate by Yuko Tamura (5,200 views)
This article generated active discussion, especially on LinkedIn, with more than 15,000 impressions and 37 comments.
Articles by Alvin T. and June Kirri garnered over 3,000 views!
🥈 Why Japanese People Don’t Understand When Foreigners Speak Japanese by Alvin T. (3,600 views) 👏
🥉 I’ll Never Raise a Child in Japan. Here’s why. by June Kirri (3,400 views) 👏
We had many other popular articles this month😉
- Capsule Toys Are Booming — and They Symbolize the Stagnant Japanese Economy (1,100 views)
- The 5 Reasons Why Traveling to Niigata Changes Your Life
by Yuko Tamura
- What Do Travelers Love Most about Japan? The Answer is Unexpected.
- How Do You Tell If You Are Becoming Fluent in Japanese?
by Alvin T.
- How I Succeeded — and Failed — to Raise Bilingual Children in Japan
- The Takarajima Incident — Tragedy on Treasure Island
Why You Can Never Say You’re Fluent in Japanese DC Palter
The Mistakes I Made on My First Trip to Japan Rebecca Copeland
The Mistakes I Made on My First Trip to Japan
How a Would-Be Ingénue Learns Not to Overpack
medium.com
Do You Want to Live in Japan? Be Ready to Face These 5 Contradictions Olivia F
Follow this Japanese Leadership Trait to Gain the Respect of Employees Timothy Sullivan
The Myth that Japanese Dislike Foreigners Maya Matsuoka
My Four Online Dating Disasters in Tokyo (in 3 parts) Michael Howard
Why You Can’t Learn Japanese From a Textbook Luke Dupont
Editors’ Favorites
These are the personal favorite articles of the Japonica editors. Each story brought us smiles and inspiration!
Yuko Tamura’s pick: Why Adventure Lovers Should Visit Kochi Prefecture by Kyoko Nagano
Alvin T.’s pick: The Last Glimpses of Beautiful Kyoto by Jarrod Zenjiro Suda
DC Palter’s pick: Building Cultural Literary to Improve Linguistic Fluency by Michele Fujii
To all our writers, we’re looking forward to your next story. Thank you again for supporting Japonica!
Invitation to New Japonica Writers
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