Writing Japanese using pLatex in Mac

This is how it is done!

First of all, the credit should go to Link and I am just copying from there.

• Install Macports from here; follow any additional steps stated by them.
• After installing Macports, type the following on the terminal

sudo port install pTeX +hiragino +otf +utf8 +motif +macosx

• Install TeXShop if you do not already have it.
• Open preferences in TeXShop and select "Set Default Values". In the drop down menu, choose Legacy pTeX (Shift JIS)
• Save your tex file using Japanese SJIS encoding.
• Press "Typeset" to build your file
• If things are not working try the following.
• modify the file “/Users/<your account>/Library/TeXShop/bin/platex2pdf-euc” to change path to “opt” instead of “usr”. That is 

from [export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin] 

to [export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin]

• If fontspec is needed:

sudo tlmgr update –self
sudo tlmgr install fontspec

• Here is a sample code

%\documentclass[twocolumn,11pt]{jarticle} %In case two column layout

\documentclass[a4j]{jarticle}

\usepackage{graphicx} %for including graphics

\usepackage{nidanfloat}

\usepackage{url}

\title{タイトル}

\author{ 僕の名前 }

\date{2010年}

\renewcommand{¥refname}{References}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\section{テスト}

これはテストです。

\end{document}