Interesting links, thanks. So, are these written by Japanese expats for Japanese folks in NYC, something along those lines?

www.nyseikatsu.com (NY seikatsu newspaper, published weekly)

NY seikatsu newspaper has a section called Kodomo no izumi (泉)
that I just finished reading. It's a section where children from various
elementary to junior high writes a paragraph about some kind of topic.

It's fun and very useful for learning vocab. One essay I read was
about a child's accident with pouring raw egg over her natto
beans....lol.....

For people that have finished RTK, it would be a great first step.
Of course, the essays from younger children(for ex. 3rd grade) are
easier to read. But overall, it's very manageable.

The column is published every week(and it's FREE).
Great for Anki users(or any other SRS).

Last edited by chamcham (2008 October 03, 4:32 pm)

chochajin wrote:

I tried for quite a long time now, but I can't seem to find a file that I can open and read there. I tried to follow the instructions on their page, but still .... NO.
Any help plz?

Is this the page?

There's a version for IE and a simpler one for Firefox that apparently uses the Google Maps API.

Oh and much thanks to chamcham.. great list

Last edited by atylmo (2008 October 03, 7:56 pm)

THANK YOU. I'm living in NYC now, so I'll try to track some of these down. I see a lot of folk reading Chinese newspapers, but not Japanese so much.

Also lots of Japanese restaurants carry a couple of them in their entryways, especially in the East Village.

Why are there so many in New York? Is there a big Japanese population there?

When I was in NY on vacation, I saw quite a few Japanese people.  Most of them spoke perfect English, so I'm -assuming- they were locals.  I've heard there are good bookstores and stuff there as well, so there's probably the population to support that.  I don't know if they tend to settle in 1 area or not, though.  I wasn't there long enough to find out.

wccrawford wrote:

When I was in NY on vacation, I saw quite a few Japanese people.  Most of them spoke perfect English, so I'm -assuming- they were locals.  I've heard there are good bookstores and stuff there as well, so there's probably the population to support that.  I don't know if they tend to settle in 1 area or not, though.  I wasn't there long enough to find out.

If they spoke perfect English and you're assuming they were locals, how do you even know they were Japanese? They could have been Korean, in some cases even Chinese or Taiwanese.

Tobberoth wrote:

If they spoke perfect English and you're assuming they were locals, how do you even know they were Japanese? They could have been Korean, in some cases even Chinese or Taiwanese.

The same way you can tell Irish, Scottish and English people apart:  They look different.

Wow. A high quality PDF of the front page of Asahi Shimbun every day. Really nice.

Thanks Emily.

P.S. For the really lazy, here are the links:
Japanese edition:
http://www.newseum.org/media/dfp/pdf1/JPN_AS.pdf

The english version is here:
http://www.newseum.org/media/dfp/pdf1/JPN_AEN.pdf