Tag Archives: Name

Names of Japan’s Prefectures Are Cool in English

    In the Japanese largest internet forum, 2channel, there was an interesting thread where they translated the names of Japan’s 47 prefectures into English. For example, Tokyo is written…

Most Common Last Names in Japan

The following chart is the Most Common Last Names in Japan. #1: Sato #2: Suzuki #3: Takahashi #4: Tanaka #5: Watanabe #6: Ito #7: Yamamoto #8: Nakamura #9: Kobayashi #10:…

Popular Dogs’ Names in Japan

    Early this week, IrisPet.com released “Popular Dogs’ Name Ranking 2009”. It’s interesting to see a trend in naming pets. The top name is “Momo”, and it has maintained…

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