LongCountdown / Submitted
The Japan Blog Matsuri is an opportunity for everyone who writes about Japan to share their work with a wider audience. This month's topic is "Christmas", and your entries will be published on the JapanSoc Community Blog on Christmas Eve.
read more »
2 Comments Add this link to...
Alert...
2 Comments Add this link to...
Alert...
Check out this English Pachinko site. It has a blog, forum and a collection of well over a thousand Japanese slot machine pictures. This truly is the mecca of pachinko communities for English speakers.
read more »
3 Comments Add this link to... Alert...
3 Comments Add this link to...
Alert...
An interesting article about the aggressive work of Godzilla's lawyers to protect the Tokyo monster from unauthorized use of him name and image. Toho have stomped on bands, blogs, wineries and Yankee Stadium vendors, not to mention the likes of Warner Bros, Honda Motors and even the owners of the
read more »
2 Comments Add this link to... Alert...
2 Comments Add this link to...
Alert...
I got an email from the coordinator of a "major Japanese film production" that is needing hundreds of non-Asian background extras for a couple of scenes in early December. There are two scenes with different requirements, but they both pay well and meals are provided. Sounds like fun to me!
read more »
4 Comments Add this link to... Alert...
4 Comments Add this link to...
Alert...
I came across eGenki, a new Facebook-style social networking site for Japan. We've seen such sites before, but this one looks very promising. For one thing, it's built with Joomla and is most likely self-hosted. That tells me the owner is serious about making the site a success because of the wor
read more »
1 Comment Add this link to... Alert...
1 Comment Add this link to...
Alert...
Within two weeks of launch, the Wishroom online store has sold over 300 bras as Japanese men search for their "inner woman".
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Alert...
Discuss Add this link to...
Alert...
Ampontan has recovered around a thousand postings from a Tokyo-based English-language site called TWICS. The comments are from 1993-94, a time when most people didn't even know what the internet was! The topic "You know you've been in Japan too long when..." was started by a German member named
read more »
8 Comments Add this link to... Alert...
8 Comments Add this link to...
Alert...
The Twitter Drawers Collection project drew 37 Japanese illustrators together to design Twitter themes. If you use Twitter, you might like to use one of these themes. Hat tip to ShaneS.
read more »
2 Comments Add this link to... Alert...
2 Comments Add this link to...
Alert...
Ever wondered what happened to those old Route Master double-decker London buses? Well I've found a couple of them in Gifu prefecture, one retained as a sightseeing bus in Takayama, the other serving as a cafe in Gifu city. Have you spotted a London bus in Japan yet?
read more »
3 Comments Add this link to... Alert...
3 Comments Add this link to...
Alert...
Among the attractions in Uenoshi Park in Mie prefecture, there's a ninja museum with "typical rubber ninja weapons, key chains, t-shirts and ninja costumes". Too bad the lads from Japanese Penguin missed the ninjutsu demonstration.
read more »
1 Comment Add this link to... Alert...
1 Comment Add this link to...
Alert...
It's here! The October Japan Blog Matsuri hosted by Chris at NihongoNotes.com. This month's topic was about sport in Japan and there were entries about sumo, kendama, korfball, crying babies (!) and the desire to win. Thanks to all who participated, and thanks to Chris for hosting! Stay tuned for
read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Alert...
Discuss Add this link to...
Alert...
Of all the surveys on WhatJapanThinks.com, this has to be one of the most unusual. Japanese men were asked what they would do if they were a woman. I am amazed that the second most popular answer was "Have a baby". I would have thought that was a good reason NOT to be a woman. Can you guess what
read more »
15 Comments Add this link to... Alert...
15 Comments Add this link to...
Alert...
Next stop on the JR Yamanote line is Meguro, and Neil gives us an on-the-scene look at the trains, traffic, streets, shops, restaurants, pubs, fashion, bicycles, car parks and people, with a dose of Halloween thrown in for good measure.
read more »
2 Comments Add this link to... Alert...
2 Comments Add this link to...
Alert...
Apparently, there's a character in an upcoming video game who is based on Japan's Prime Minister, Taro Aso. He looks like him, he's the same height, shoots guns and works as a politician. Oh, and the game is supposed to be a bit saucy.
read more »
1 Comment Add this link to... Alert...
1 Comment Add this link to...
Alert...
Agreed. I have not been to a bad one yet....I do not think the education standards are the problem. I think the problem goes...That survey is clearly flawed. If they're lonely, it's because they are stuck in a...X-san: Where are you from?
Nick: Aichi-ken.
X-san: I mean...Well, I have no clue how Obama will treat Japan. He really was not said much about...LOL funny but true....Wow! Talk about a blast from the past! I used to live over by El Camino College,...I liked this parody of the Tokyo Metro posters -
Nick: Aichi-ken.
X-san: I mean...Well, I have no clue how Obama will treat Japan. He really was not said much about...LOL funny but true....Wow! Talk about a blast from the past! I used to live over by El Camino College,...I liked this parody of the Tokyo Metro posters -