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Sunday, January 29, 2012
‘Childcare Stuff’ job offered . . . in Japan, of course
Here’s a fun engrish ad offering a ‘Childcare Stuff’ job on one of Japan’s largest employment websites… via Also note the incredibly low wage they are offering to stuff children—only 2,800 yen per day ($36.50 USD / day).
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
It's no secret that Shia LaBeouf thinks his mom is one hot, sexy bitch who ...
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Agriculture 2.0 in Tokyo: Healthy food for hungry salarymen - Year of No Flying
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New food trend in Japan is stronger taste
New food trend in Japan is "Strong taste". Morinaga released five new sweets that featured "more" or "stronger taste" like Koi Tsuya Pudding or "Koi rich pudding", they added " stronger version" to even old standard products like Mommy. Kirin...
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Flea Market Toji Temple Kyoto
初弘法Toji Temple in south Kyoto is best known for the large pagoda that can be seen from the bullet train as it pulls into Kyoto Station.Toji was created in 796 C.E. and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Toji Temple is also famous for its monthly flea market.On the 21st of each month, the…
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Japan's Sacred Gaijin Hierarchy
Click image to embiggenXXX Large SizeNote: I didn't create this and, of course, it's not exactly correct. Just regurgitating the latest funny papers.See much more about Japan's Gods among men at FACKED GAIJIN.
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What A Wonderful World Photo
Via Yahoo News Best images from the week of January 27th Here is a very cool shot of NASA's recent high resolution (8000 x 8000 pixels) photo of the “Blue Marble.” To date, this is the highest resolution photograph taken of the earth by NASA's newest earth-observing satellite Suomi NPP: XXX…
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Stop The Global ACTA Treaty!
Via Avaz.org Posted: 25 January 2012Last week, 3 million of us beat back America's attack on our Internet! --- but there is an even bigger threat out there, and our global movement for freedom online is perfectly poised to kill it for good.ACTA - a global treaty - could allow corporations to…
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Ninja pizza buying in Japan and Samurai Pizza Cats!
Be a Samurai Pizza Thief or a sneaky Pizza Ninja and beat Japan’s absurdly high pizza prices that typically run 3-4,000 yen ($39-51 USD) pizza, ouch. Episode 8: SAMURAI PIZZA THIEF The Famicast – Nintendo World Report by Daan Koopman, Danny Bivens, and James Charlton: The pain of…
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My New Skateboard
I tweeted an Instagram photo the other day, but here’s what my new skateboard looks like, the “Girl” deck from Lesque. Will try and get some wheels on it this weekend to go for a spin. Again, huge thanks to my homie Ian for hooking me up!
KEMPEITAI at the door!
http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghos t/1294f21e0387b41f.jpg January 23, 2012 debito.org..post=9900 Dear Debito, My name is PS. I’m a...
Traditional Tokyo in the snow
Like most cities that don’t get a lot of snow, a few centimetres of the white stuff caused all kinds of trouble in Tokyo this week. Trains were delayed. Schools closed. And the TV continually told us how terribly treacherous it was under foot. But, in older, more traditional Tokyo, rather than…
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Beer Craft
Craft beer from the Land of the Rising Sun http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghos t/20194f2188e0160cc.jpg Shigeharu Asagiri loves beer...
The Big Issue Comes to a Station Near Me
ビッグイシューThe Japanese edition of The Big Issue is, indeed, big in Japan. And from yesterday it just got a little bigger: I was coming out of Asakusabashi station, my station, on Tokyo's Sobu Line, went down the stairs onto the street, and just to the left of the little mobile lottery…
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Aikido
Aikido; Japanese bujutsu to avoid fight. The foreign guys is Nicolas Pettas is Greek-Danish. He has been doing Kyokushin Karate in Japan for long time and fighted at K1 before. You can see another series from youtube link.
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Happy Chinese New Year 2012!
Related: Japan vs NYC New Year's Celebration
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Cute Japanese Air Force Fighter
Here is a recent photo of a "cute" Japanese Air Force Fighter. That is all.Actually, this is from Bandai's popular Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation video game.Related: Tokyo's Governor Drops A Nuclear Bomb
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‘TEPCO’: the definition of evil and stupid
It seems that at the public utility company, the only thing the TepcoTurds© “plan” are their coverups. Likewise, the Japanese government can’t even keep their coverup secret, sheesh. Japan kept silent on worst nuclear crisis scenario Associated Press | Jan. 25,…
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Eat Hello Kitty’s buns
Today, January 25th, is Steamed Meat Bun Day–“nikuman no hi”* , so it’s a perfect day to eat Hello Kitty’s buns, right? That’s what the major Japanese convenience store “Sankus” thinks (especially since it’s also Chinese New Years and steamed…
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Strangebuttrue…Japan
Amazing true fact #1: Two Japanese vending machines use as much electricity as a typical family of four people… ←Also check out my 3Yen report about Japan’s hyper-mysterious: Ninja Vending Machine. Some rights reserved by SJI Photography on flicker
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Vacuum-packed Japanese
As though life in Japan is not packed enough, Japanese photographer “hal” has decided to make Tokyo life even tighter by vacuum-packing Japanese couples… flesh love' by photographer “hal” tokyo-based artist photographer hal has created the 'flesh…
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Internet troubles
Is anybody having internet trouble this morning? Things are really weird! I can sometimes connect, but most sites I get an error the server was not...
Memorial Ship Hakkoda Maru
メモリアル・シップ 八甲田丸The Memorial Ship Hakkoda Maru, located in Mutsu Bay near Aomori Station in Aomori is Japan's first railroad ferry museum.From 1966 until 1988 the Hakkoda Maru transported trains 113km from Aomori in Honshu to Hakodate in Hokkaido. The opening of the Seikan…
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Long lost brother
http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghos t/10334f201bb0bddc5.jpg U.S.-born brothers reunited in Japan after 6 decades KYOTO, Japan...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Her Worship Mayor Koshi
fJ2J8WsYplg Japan elects youngest woman mayor Japan's youngest-ever female mayor, Naomi Koshi, has vowed to improve the lives of women in the country...
An abandoned and rapidly decaying Japanese hotel
Most abandoned buildings/haikyo offer something of interest, but the ones that I’m invariably drawn to contain hints of the past; poignant reminders of the lives of those who once lived or worked there. An element that the old enka singer’s house offered with suitably melancholy…
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Snow in Tokyo
東京に雪It snowed in Tokyo on Monday night. I happened to look outside at about 11pm, and witnessed a full-on snowstorm: masses of huge snowflakes whirling through the air coating the railing, the plants - everything, and even flying in through the open door.Tuesday morning, the whole of Tokyo…
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Kisogawa Station
木曽川駅JR Kisogawa Station is on the JR Tokaido Line with trains to Nagoya Station, Okazaki, Ogaki and Gifu.The nearby Kiso River is known for its cherry blossoms in spring. The first train from Kisogawa Station on weekdays to Nagoya is 5.26am with the last train at 11.55pm.Shin-Kisogawa is a…
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Codex 47
A new episode of the Codex is up (47), featuring another eclectic mix of tracks. Please enjoy.
Tokyo Police Assault Eight-Year-Old Halfu?
American claims Tokyo cop assaulted son, 8 Elementary school student Jian Macdonald had always thought policemen were cool ― especially ones that...
Kobe University lab creates 'novel' H5N1 in 'secret' lab
Something that won't likely appear in the lamestream news... Kobe University lab creates 'novel' H5N1 in 'secret' lab --Emails from Kobe virologist...
Family reunion six decades in the making
http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghos t/7794f1e099a20e44.jpg Brothers reunited in Japan after 60 years apart Two brothers in their...
Dead to the world?
The serene and yet somehow slightly unsettling sight of a man sleeping in the weak but very welcome winter sun.
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Risk of big quake in Tokyo area within 4 years may be 70% but it's OK, we'll survive.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120123p2g00m 0dm121000c.html and...
Monday, January 23, 2012
SOFA Revision Results in Guilty Plea
U.S. base worker in Okinawa admits causing fatal road accident A U.S. military base employee has pleaded guilty to causing a traffic accident that...
Global Cities Week Banner Ads
I mentioned the upcoming PechaKucha Global Cities Week event last week, and now we have some banners ads to share (also designed by Ian), in a variety of colors and sizes. If you’d like help spread the word on the event, you can download them here — and you can point to the front page…
A Life in Japan
Has anyone seen this? Worth the $5.19 asking price to download or stream? dsw1gRA_HuI http://www.alifeinjapan.com/
Kyoto Tourist Information Center
京都総合観光案内所,京なびAs befits its position as one of the most visited cities in Japan, Kyoto has one of Japan's largest and best-equipped Tourist Information Centers.Located on the second floor of Kyoto Station Kyo Navi (京なび) is a spacious, high-tech plaza offering tourist…
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Japan's Play-With-Yourself Toilet Game
Last year we were introduced to Japan's new Forever Alone Karaoke in Tokyo and Japan's Hand(job) iPhone Case Forever Alone Model and don't forget Japan's New Communication w/ Yourself Invention. But now, game maker Sega brings us this Play-With-Yourself Toilet Game:And here is a short, close up…
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