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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 1 day 17 hours ago (http://irubyourbrog.blogspot.com)
Category: Photography | Tags: yoyogi tokyo photos autum
Beautiful shots of the autumn leaves in Yoyogi park read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 49 days ago (http://www.jpopjapan.com)
Category: Music | Tags: news jpop jrock
With some helpful advice from Nick at JapanSoc I have decided to relaunch JPopJapan.com as a social bookmarking site. Come and join the community and share your JMusic news! read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 57 days ago (http://www.kenleewrites.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: fair yoyogi food events
Ken Lee visits Yoyogi Park to enjoy the food and atmosphere of the Hokkaido Fair. Have you seen a sausage lollipop before? read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 105 days ago (http://www.nihongonotes.com)
Category: Sightseeing | Tags: tokyo impressions
Here's my entry into the Japan Blog Matsuri. A few of my favourite moments and impressions. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 110 days ago (http://pingmag.jp)
Category: Culture | Tags: festival parade float
Every August, folks flock to the huge Tanabata festival at Pearl Centre in Asagaya, Tokyo. The 700 metre shopping street that stretches from Asagaya station to Omekaido road, comes alive with a world of papier-mache creatures. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 111 days ago (http://www.pinktentacle.com)
Category: General | Tags: photos tetrapod beach
Hit the beach anywhere in Japan, and you are likely to see endless piles of tetrapods... read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 111 days ago (http://xorsyst.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: sushi wedding cake
Your idea of a perfect cake or too much of a good thing? read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 124 days ago (http://pingmag.jp)
Category: General | Tags: puppet theatre entertainment
Just a bit from Shinjuku station’s south exit, you will find Puk Puppet Theatre — a small, European-style puppet theatre. How surreal, since while its surrounding area is stuffed with hypermodern houses and full of restaurants, this old and illustrious building looks like it fell right out of a pic read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 126 days ago (http://nihongojira.blogspot.com)
Category: General | Tags: island photos
Hashima is an abandoned island to the west of Nagasaki that earned the forbidding moniker "Gunkanjiima" or Battleship Island. Be sure to check out the linked photos. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 126 days ago (http://tomschaller.wordpress.com)
Category: General | Tags: pain funny
Tom describes his first time at a Tea Ceremony and how it's probably his last. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 127 days ago (http://www.jpopjapan.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: ice cream weird
I thought green tea flavoured ice cream was weird. Turns out there's ox tongue and eel flavour. What's the weirdest flavour you've ever tried? read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 127 days ago (http://www.nihongonotes.com)
Category: Music | Tags: j-pop music
I wanted somewhere to discuss good Japanese music. I googled and found a few sites but they were either old and unused or unfriendly and inaccessible. So I decided to start my own site. Come and join in the discussion :) read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 131 days ago (http://www.japanprobe.com)
Category: News | Tags: zoo escape
Ichiro the chimpanzee just wanted to see the world, but the zookeepers had other ideas. He made one zookeeper soil himself. So they shot him in the butt with a tranquilizer. Poor Ichiro... read more »
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Avatar Posted by ChrisG 142 days ago (http://www.nihongonotes.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: bento food
I came back from town this weekend with a not so healthy lunch. As I was about to dig in I had a pang of guilt and thought about the healthy bentos I’d been making over the last few weeks. I ended up picturing my unhealthy lunch as a bento... read more »
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