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Friday, September 3, 2010
Hello Kitty-ROBO
It doesn’t get more Japanese than this: · Robots. · Overpriced. · Useless tech. · Old farts. · And, Hello Kitty! Black Coffee and Green Tea (blog) ….An advertisement for a Hello Kitty robot. A $3,500 Hello Kitty robot. For sale in a business hotel. For…
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'I am about to eat sushi off a naked woman's body' | Life and style | The Guardian
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Foreigners with Permanent Residency Able to Vote in DPJ Presidential Election
民衆党総選挙外国人参政権The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)'s presidential election is scheduled to take place on Sept. 14, and, thanks to a provision in the party's constitution, permanent foreign residents who have registered as members or supporters of the DPJ will be able to…
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China seeks Japanese skills to export manga, animation
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201008020251.html A group of Japanese and Chinese publishers, gripping hammers, swung them down in unison to break...
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Modern Japan / Fisheye Tokyo
via bestjapaneseproducts.ru Super image ...
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プラルト 東京
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
iA » Web Trend Map 4
The Web Trend Map plots the Internet’s leading names and domains onto the Tokyo Metro map. Domains and personalities are carefully selected through dialogue with map enthusiasts, and every domain is evaluated based on traffic, revenue, and character.
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Kiyosumi Teien Gardens, Tokyo
Tokyo's Koto ward is, like most of the city east of Ginza, far from glam and not renowned for its overall beauty. However, it is home to the Fukagawa district which is rich in historical significance and offers some aesthetically unforgettable experiences.One spot of particular beauty in Koto…
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PauseTalk Next Week
Yes, it’s already time for a new edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 44), set to happen this coming Monday (September 6) at Cafe Pause, with the regular start time of 20:00 — as always, the cafe is reserved for the event from 19:30, so feel free to come early. Although the SNOW Magazine Cafe…
Fun typo from the Japan Times
Damn, I knew it was hot here in tropical Tokyo, but now I know I’m doomed to heat-stroke when saw this tweeted today by the japantimes.co.jp… via twitter The japantimes tweet above refers to: SUMMER IN JAPAN OFFICIALLY HOTTEST ON RECORD japantimes.co.jp | Sept. 2, 2010 —…
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Seated and seemingly satisfied scarecrow
Some mannequins, somehow, appear more than a little melancholy, but despite being a bit dirty and somewhat dishevelled, this fella, with his slightly shaded seat and sun hat, looks largely content with his lot in life.
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The Reports of the Adventures of Squid-Sensei
スクイッド先生 "Sensei" is an honorific stuck on the end of Japanese names the same way "san" is, and is used to address a teacher, e.g. Squid-sensei. Darryl Knickrehm is an American independent film maker in Japan who has, like almost anyone not transferred to Japan by a company, taught…
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Hottest summer since 1898 ... at least
It's official! This year's summer, one of Japan's legendary four seasons, has been the hottest ever recorded! The records go back to 1898, or Meiji...
The Girl is a Guy
Model Kayo Sato revealed on TV last night that she was born a boy. Sato has featured in a number of magazine fashion shoots and appeared as a regular...
Heat-stroke peppers
The hot horror of this Tokyo summer—the hottest weather in 60 years (AFP)—has had only one small pleasure for me: A bumper crop of hydrogen-bomb-hot Habanero peppers are growing out on my balcony. Far better than the 47,000 Japanese who have been hospitalized with heatstroke…
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Japan’s real Blackships Day
The Black Ships– kurofune were the shock ‘n’ awe American vessels of Commodore Perry that arrived near Yokohama on July 14, 1853, opening previously closed Japan to trade, and striking fear in the Japanese hearts as shown in the imagery above and in the complex poem written…
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Lost highway
Way back in 2004 on the proto-3Yen (shown on the right), I posted about Greater Tokyo’s sacred forests of Mount Takao, which have remained in their natural state since founding of the 1,200-year-old Yakuoin Temple and the strict Buddhist doctrines forbidding the destruction of any wildlife…
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Japanese de-motivational poster
The 3Yen’s correspondent-at-large, Den4, just sent in this Japanese-themed poster from motivatedphotos.com where they got the caption all wrong….
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Don’t fight it, feel it
At least that’s one possible way of trying to deal with the Japanese summer. However, when it really is that sizzling, and the cicadas won’t cease and be silent, Listen! then there’s sometimes nothing to be done but to succumb and simply suffer.
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Resonance 2010
Resonance 2010 is a music/dance/art experience directed by Kaoru Watanabe, former artistic director of the famed Kodo Drummers. Resonance will be doing two shows in Kyoto at the excellent art space UrBANGUILD on Sept 3 and 4. Please see the link here and press release for full details in…
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‘Yankee Point’
Via the “Glass-Jaw Hopper” blog in Japanese is the strange story of “Yankee Point“…(Google Translate)… Photo of a motorcycle asleep on the ocean floor 10 kilometers off the coast of Chiba, the prefecture east of Tokyo. “Yankee Point“…(Google…
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Another excuse to get sauced
Why Do Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers? http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghos t/20194c7d6ea319b04.jpg One of the most contentious...
Japanese spring-powered car — 40 miles on one winding
I stumbled across this bit of weirdness on the blog.modernmechanix.com that was first published in 1933. Modern Mechanix magazine reported about spring-powered car with an amusingly way-off observation that: “…the Japanese have never gained any notable degree of fame for their…
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Mysterious Death Of Anti-Yakuza Lawyer
The news that lawyer Toshiro Igari committed suicide in Manila was always going to raise questions given that he took a prominent role in opposing...
Japan perfects robots!
After decades of low and now negative birthrate, Japan’s university enrollment numbers have been plummeting, However, Nippon Sport Sciences University has found a solution by perfecting robotic students to fill their institutions as shown in the videos below.
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WiFi Router - English
Can anyone recommend a good WiFi Router with an english interface? I normally install tomato or DD-WRT if someone wants an english interface on their...
THE KITTY COMMANDS YOU!
Just in time for back-to-school, on this sign THE KITTY warns: “Kega suru zo!—Ya gonna get hurt!” Hello Kitty (and the local PTA) warns airhead Japanese school-kids.
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A struggle through Aokigahara Jukai (the Sea of Trees)
Situated as it is on the northwestern slope of Fuji-san, and next to a couple of the mountain’s famed five lakes, Aokigahara Jukai (the Sea of Trees) would be incredibly well known anyway, as its vast and volcanic rock strewn landscape make it a very unique place indeed. However, due to the…
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Ozawa To Run In DPJ Race
小沢一郎The decision of Ichiro Ozawa to run in the upcoming DPJ leadership contest against Naoto Kan may split the ruling party, many political observers believe.After receiving the backing of former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Ozawa decided to enter the race against the incumbent…
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Sake to me
http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghos t/20194c7c43b5d923d.jpg Kyoku Sake Infused Shave Cream Do you really need another excuse to...
Livedoor Opens Japanese Fucked Gaijin Site
http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghos t/9794c7c0edd04f05.jpgWell, sort of. Koko Hen Japan describes itself as a place to take a fresh...
Monday, August 30, 2010
Japan’s premier puerile popart plops on the posh public at Versailles
Japan’s top purveyor of puerile popart, Takashi Murakami, punks the French. Japan pop artists Versailles show sparks protests AFP –- 2010 Aug 30 VERSAILLES, France — A show of outlandish sculptures by a cult Japanese artist in the historic Chateau of Versailles near Paris has…
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Jerry's Pies Kyoto
ジェリーのパイ屋さんA five-minute walk from JR Saga Arashiyama Station there is a bit of Britain smack in the heart of west Kyoto.A one-man pie factory run by Gerry O'Donnell is on a side street not far from Marutamachi Dori a short distance from the tourist area of Arashiyama. Piemaster…
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Gachapin and Mukku-what?
I was lucky today and Netted these factoids today about Gachapin and Mukku (3Yen 2009-07-21 ) and the agamogenetic* source of Paul McCartney and John Lennon…. | 世論 What Japan Thinks Gachapin and Mukku top twenty trivia
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Japanese workers (having a relaxing rest) from working #32
Unlike some things in Japan, the nation’s parcel delivery services are unbelievably efficient rather than efficiently bureaucratic, meaning desired delivery times are strictly adhered to, and a quick and easy call will have a re-delivery round in no time. But such conscientiousness must come…
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New Dissent in Japan Is Loudly Anti-Foreign
http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghos t/7294c7aefcc817cf.jpg New York Times: New Dissent in Japan Is Loudly Anti-Foreign ...the...
Sunday, August 29, 2010
White-hooded Klan protest against Japan!
Photo from APdaylife.com | Aug. 29, 2010….KKK (Korean Kompensation Klan) members of victims of the War of Northern Aggression* shout slogans as they demand full compensation during a rally marking the anniversary of the annexation of their…
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