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Hacking Japan: Inside Tokyo for Less than New York - Part 2 - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss

"I've lived in Tokyo four or five times since 1995 and consider myself more Edokko (Tokyoite) than Californian. Here<sep/>

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Hacking Japan: Inside Tokyo for Less than New York - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss

"I've lived in Tokyo four or five times since 1995 and consider myself more Edokko (Tokyoite) than Californian. Here<sep/>

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"Chihuahua Kowai"

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghos t/979487c8e26c0b3c.jpg Mainichi: Man scared of Chihuahua kicks it to death A man has been arrested...

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Gaijin Graffiti Guerillas Get Grounded

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghos t/979487c885f7aafa.jpg Asahi: Graffiti gang says Japan easy target Four self-professed graffiti...

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Man Sets Fire To Colleague's Hair

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghos t/979487c7f145dbcc.jpgMainichi: Gov't worker suspended for setting fire to colleague's 'long'...

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Japanese golfing gadgetry

The vast majority of golfers would no doubt agree that Mark Twain’s famous suggestion that golf is a good walk spoiled is a little harsh to say the least, but rather strangely, the Showa-no-mori Golf Course in Akishima, western Tokyo, appears to have taken the denunciation to heart. As, while…

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Japanese ‘maid’ lamp

FauxPas san at dreamexistence.wordpress.com posted this Japanese maid lamp aka a “one-legged-prostitute” lamp. (Note the traditional Japanese, “O-kyaku“, pigeon-toed pose.) —Click for the original story with full-size photo of two of these…

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Red Alert 3 - Empire of the Rising Sun Trailer

xDD39dAw0Do The latest installment of the ongoing Command and Conquer Real Time Strategy Game Series, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, will have...

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Chuya Nakahara

中原中也The most famous son of Yuda Onsen, a resort town next to Yamaguchi City in Yamaguchi Prefecture, is the poet Chuya Nakahara.Born in 1907, his talent for poetry was apparent from an early age as he was publishing poems while still an elementary school pupil.At the age of 16 he…

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Dancing with the Dogs(tm)

As I reported on before in Japan outlaws humans under the age of 15, surveys here have shown that dogs are more popular than an actual children. Nothing is too good for Japanese dogs (except room to run), and this has resulted in excesses such as doggie bubblebath machines, oxygen cafe for pups, …

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Dancing with the Dogs

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghos t/129487c015beecf6.jpg Dancing goes to the dogs in canine-crazy Japan Reuters 2008 July 14 Rumba...

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Neojaponisme: Patterns

Ian has started a new weekly feature on Neojaponisme, offering retro patterns based on Japanese graphics from the fifties for free download. The first set is what you see above. time savedtime saved

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レストラン・カフェ情報 | ルミネエスト

Shunkan (or maybe that's its old name) on 7th/8th floor of My City (maybe now Lumine!) in Shinjuku

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JRA Considering Easing Rules To Allow More Foreign Racehorse Owners

BloodHorse: Japan May Allow Foreign Owners' Licenses Spurred to take action by a troubled economy and the need for more investment in horse racing,...

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