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At The Showa Hairdresser

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:17:33 GMT

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Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:39:11 GMT

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / National Film Center:Event Calender

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:00:11 GMT

Yoyaku Tokyo Ueno Yanaka Traditional Japanese Inn sawanoya ryokan

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:55:10 GMT

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Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:31:22 GMT

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Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:08:47 GMT

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Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:17:38 GMT

D&DEPARTMENT PROJECT

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:54:33 GMT

Rob Pongi on CNN TV

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:03:10 GMT

FLASH NEWS: Rob Pongi recently appeared on CNN TV!!!

At least two (2) confirmations if this very recent worldwide TV appearance have been made:

Confirmation on Teenagewildlife.com

It has been reported that CNN aired the Japanese Political Candidates Video in talking about the political campaign scene in Japan. The above graphic was done by Taro on F@CKED GAIJIN We are now attempting to find an online video of this episode of the world wide TV news show known as "This Week in Politics" with Tom Foreman - July 20, 2008. Hopefully we will be able to embed a video of this episode here soon so stay tuned for more on this very exciting news!

御岳山マップ - 御岳登山鉄道

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:54:08 GMT

Super Sentos in Tokyo / Modern Tokyo Reviews - Sunnypages.jp

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:41:48 GMT

やまけんの出張食い倒れ日記: 六本木ヒルズ二連戦 FiftyOne Clubでは昼飯だけで5000円オーバーだった

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:20:48 GMT

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Neo-retro look on the summer streets of Tokyo

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:36:21 GMT

At this afternoon’s neighborhood festival, I bumped into many cute Japanese girls dressed yukata (casual cotton kimono) like this photo of a girl in retro indigo that I snapped on-the-fly with my cell phone. It’s a common sight at fireworks displays, festivals, and summer events to see normally-dressed-to-the-teeth-in-high-fashion young woman [...]

Do You Need A Second Keitai?

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:04:27 GMT

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Japanese Geologist Dies In US National Park

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:17:27 GMT

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Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:31:38 GMT

Mount Rainier Gets Japanese Bio-Toilet

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:34:09 GMT

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Senior Soapland

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:03:23 GMT

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ながぶろ - 長岡造形大学入試広報課ブログ: NID一期生、卒業10年後のデザイン

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:24:43 GMT

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岡埜栄泉

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:57:35 GMT

やっちゃん@江古田「肉食獣の聖地再び」 - そんなに食うなら走らんと

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:28:46 GMT

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Tokyo Mew Mew 19 - Truveo Video Search

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:15:48 GMT

Chopsticks NY

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:57:30 GMT

Chopsticks New York is a free monthly magazine in NY tri-state area, featuring Japanese culture in NY along with over 800 listings of Japanese and Asian restaurants, grocery & liquor stores, beauty spas, healthcare providers, and cultural schools.

In our September issue, we will feature "Japanese manga, anime & videogames" to examine the intriguing aspects of the Japanese entertainment world. And, we will feature the NY Anime Festival in September and also distribute our current issue at the event.

Chopsticks New York is not only be a useful information tool for New Yorkers who are interested in the Japanese entertainment, but also businesses that seek to maximize their marketing effectiveness in Japan related markets.

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Today In History: 26th July

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:01:02 GMT

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Asian Tourists In Japan

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:14:14 GMT

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Young Japanese Can't Speak Japanese

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:26:05 GMT

Mainichi: Most young people struggle to define some old-style Japanese expressions Most young people take the meaning of certain old-style...

Hospitals Practising Passive Euthanasia At Random

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:21:59 GMT

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghost/979488a277b8ae0d.jpgYomiuri: 31% of hospitals let dying patients die Thirty-one percent of...

Japan Wins World Backgammon Doubles

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:43:21 GMT

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghost/9794889df5b43b54.jpg Kenji Shimodaira and Takumitsu Suzuki won the doubles competition at the...

Klaus Kinski In Japan

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:50:02 GMT

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghost/979488741f697bd5.jpg Here's an excerpt from the English translation of Klaus Kinski's...

Political Donburi

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:52:07 GMT

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghost/9794889ab9643197.jpg The canteen at the National Diet Library started serving a "National Diet...

End of "Ronza" Signals Changing Style Of Debate In Japan

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:08:14 GMT

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Tokyo’s pussy packed pools

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:15:56 GMT

Tokyo’s strong summer sun and horrible humidity are sadly somewhat bereft of benefits, except that is, for the city’s outdoor public pools. These plentiful enough places allowing people to both cool off and contemplate the staggering amount of flesh on display, as, it has to be said, they are sometimes absolutely packed with pussy. And, with [...]

Kyoto: Yoiyama Festival 2008

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:17:47 GMT

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For the three nights prior to Gion Matsuri, Kyoto's best known festival, the streets of downtown Kyoto are closed to vehicular traffic. Instead of the usual traffic and noise, outdoor stalls are set up, and neighbors display their ancient byobu, fans, and priceless works of art.

And hundreds of thousands of Kyotoites, in their finest yukata robes, take to the streets in a sublime street party/art fair.

Drinking a cold beer on a steamy night surrounded by crowds in their cotton robes, Kyoto readies for July 17, the day of the festival.

Unlike the day of the festival--which takes place in the furnace of midday heat, with the floats passing in the distance--you can get right up to the floats in the cool of the evening. The massive "hoko," or floats, are put out on display for the three nights of the Yoiyama Festival.

You can see the crowds and the lanterns on a float in the photo above right. In the photo below, you can see some of the paper lanterns that seem to flight against the night sky. The floats are adorned with such lanterns, which makes them visible from afar--and beautiful.

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Toy TV - Hello Kitty’s 1Seg

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:38:44 GMT

Hello Kitty 1-Seg portable TV Japan Today: 23rd July 2008—Sanrio Corp has a new portable TV in the shape of its Hello Kitty character…[the] “Hello Kitty Face-Shape 1-Seg TV” features a 2.4-inch display that can show subtitles, sound multiplex services as well as stereo speaker and earphone…more… A bit quick explanation about Japan-only 1Seg tech…. Japanese TV programs [...]

Yukata and Obi

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:46:18 GMT

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On her way to Kyoto's mid-summer festival, Yoiyama, this young woman clutched a brightly colored handbag in her lap as she rode the subway.

The splash of color of her yukata (cotton robe), obi (belt), and the bag create a wonderful palette.

The sleeves of the yukata are white, with a floral pattern.

The obi is a bold yellow, again with flowers.

The bag itself is orange and yellow, and it appears to have origami figures on it.

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Japan not tourist friendly

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:37:50 GMT

Buraku in my other thread made an interesting observation that everyone knows: Japan is not tourist friendly. Is that on purpose? Despite being a...

Soy Beans and Sperm Count Do Not Mix

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:35:33 GMT

Soy foods are associated with lower sperm...

Dense Music Instore Live

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:42:46 GMT

How should you be celebrating the release of Dense Music, Digiki’s new album on the Tokyo Fun Party label? By going to the instore live this Sunday (July 27, 16:00-19:00) at Styles Daikanyama of course. Entrance is free, and you also get SoccerBoy, who will surely be sporting the nicest eighties rock tee this side [...]

Three ugly words

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:12 GMT

通り魔誰でもよかった　引きこもり

Tohrima, a word that literally translates as "passing devil," is, sadly, becoming more and more current in the news in the Japan. It means "random killing," and there have been 67 cases of it in Japan since 1998. The four cases in 2006 doubled to eight in 2007, and this year there have already been at least four.

Just this Tuesday, weeks after the June 8 killing spree in the electronics district of Akihabara, a 33-year-old man stabbed two women, killing one and wounding the other, in a bookstore in Tokyo's Hachioji City.

Apparently he told the police that his reason for doing it was because of family- and work-related frustrations, and that "with the recent spate of　random killings (tohrima), I realized how easy it was to kill people with a knife." This randomness of is often also expressed as "daredemo yokatta," or "anyone would do".

The typical profile of such killers is characterized by another word that has long been part of modern Japan's social vocabulary, hikikomori. It means　"withdrawal" as in "into one's shell", and refers to the estimated one million young people across the country who refuse, or feel unable, to have anything to do with anyone else, and remain more or less permanently indoors, isolated from the outside world.

The last two tohrima killers, too, fall basically into the hikikomori profile. The only significant contact this week's Shoichi Kanno had with anyone was brief sporadic visits to his family, who were nevertheless kept completely in the dark about where he lived, even. And Tomohiro Katō, the Akihabara murderer, had been unpopular at high school, had little to do with his family, and unsuccessfully attempted suicide in 2006.

Tohrima, daredemo yokatta, hikikomori: three ugly words that Japan has nevertheless gotten very used to.

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Is Japan expensive?

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:24:30 GMT

What I find most annoying is when peole hearing that I am going to Japan always tell me that Japan is expensive. First of all, you know that I have...

Japanese Food Eats Japanese Food

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:02:48 GMT

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Japanese Financial Firms Back On The Acquisition Trail

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:59 GMT

IHT: Tokio Marine Holdings to buy American company Tokio Marine Holdings said Wednesday that it planned to buy the insurer Philadelphia Consolidated...

Beat off the heat with Ladies' Loincloths

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:53:56 GMT

Over on the always-charming Mari's blog, she found, "a new type of fundoshi/loincloth for girls called 'pandor'* shorts became a popular topic on...

Beat off the Japanese heat with Ladies’ Loincloths

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:42:00 GMT

Over on the always-charming Mari’s blog, she found, “a new type of fundoshi/loincloth for girls called ‘pandor’* shorts became a popular topic on TV and the Japanese Internet.” Traditionally the Japanese fundoshi/loincloth was only worn by men, but these pandor* shorts are for women. *Pandor is from the French word “Pendre” meaning hang. Watch [...]

Golden Gai Ghetto

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:12:30 GMT

Shinjuku’s Golden Gai district may not exactly be a ghetto, but it is a little grubby. In a good way. ShareThis

Earthquake?

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:17:12 GMT

Japan’s North Hit by Magnitude-6.8 Quake; 106 Injured July 24 (Bloomberg) …The quake hit Honshu island at 12:26 a.m. local time at a depth of 108 kilometers (67 miles), the agency said. The quake struck about 120 kilometers east of the city of Akita…more… YIKES! I have two emails from the States wanting to know if [...]

Ostrich Egg Face Masks To Combat Bird Flu

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:15:07 GMT

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Damn, I've been here a long time!

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:49:41 GMT

I was just checking through some old personal records. I first set foot ashore in Japan (Moji) in September 1958. Actually, that was on a tramp ship,...

reBORG invades Japan!

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:39:02 GMT

Security robot on patrol Electricpig.co.jp / 04 July 2008 —Reborg-Q has been patrolling the shopping centres of Japan for a couple of months now…[Sogho Security Services] had deployed one in an office complex to keep a track on employees overtime working hours, gathering information on staff working too much and reporting them to the HR [...]

Reborg-Q security robot

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:09:00 GMT