Tis the rainy season in Japan right now meaning that many house and shop entrances across Japan start to fill up with transparent umbrellas.
And why transparent umbrellas? Mainly because most of them...(more)
The Mirai Suenaga Merchandise project has changed gears and is back on the project timeline. I've been told that they can make shower curtains too. Had no idea about character shower curtains and afte...(more)
Kotobukiya liked the photos of the rooms that you submitted so much that they want to publish a book filled with your photos called Otacool!
-Book is due out in October-ish in Japan and Kotobukiya ...(more)
Shabu Shabu is a dish where thin slices of beef and other meats n veggies are dipped in hot pots that contain soup or sauces.
When all the meat n veggies have been eaten, the soup that remains in the...(more)
Since the year 2000, there have been many changes to dannychoo.com. If you have a look at the article History of dannychoo.com that I wrote back in the beginning of 2008, you will see from the screens...(more)
Ganguro is where folks either get a suntan or wear make up to give their skin a darker appearance.
Gan = Face
Kuro = Black
When some Japanese words are mixed together, the "K" becomes a "G"
So...(more)
The Sci-fi film of the century that you have been waiting for - Robo Geisha. From the makers of The Machine Girl.
Geisha Missile!
Geisha Chainsaw!
Geisha Transform!
Fried Shrimp!
Tengu Milk!
H...(more)
Looks like I'm in a video shown to all users who upgrade their version of Firefox to 3.5. Download from mozilla.
You have chosen wisely^^;
Thanks to Gen Kanai and the great folks at Mozilla for ma...(more)
Starting a new series - Stuff on my desk which I will tag "stuffdesk."
Thought I'd start this because I always get samples piling up - dont have time do do a post on each item and want to get rid of ...(more)
This 1/10 scale figure of Shishido Akiha is due out late Nov and will retail for 3,800 yen by Wave. Cute pose but wonder exactly how small she will be at 1/10. Check out more pics at Hobby Search.
On...(more)
Dont do anything naughty at Chubu International Airport or they will hunt you down with these Toyota i-REAL human transport systems which can travel close to light speed at 15 kilometers per hour.
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7pm in Tokyo - near Yurakucho looking for some dindins and come across this place that does grilled Motsu or Motsuyaki.
Motsuyaki is grilled organs of animals - things like heart, liver, stomach and ...(more)
The Mirai Gaia version of figure.fm is now available for you to play with on our development box at http://figure.mirai.fm/
Login with your DC account. If you can upload at DC then you can upload at ...(more)
Would like to say thanks to member Tenrou Kibagami who has made his 1000th post which you can gander through here.
Tenrou has contributed immensely to the community here at DC. I thank him and will...(more)
Just got back from an offsite meeting with 20 of Japans top figure bloggers with participants including Moeyo.com, AkibaHobby, Cut A News, Good Design Review, Shakaijin and more.
I've become to want ...(more)
Christmas seems to come every week at Mirai Inc but big Christmases come at the end of each month - this bunch accumulated over the past 2 days ^^;
Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscri...(more)
On duty with my 5th daughter?!
Photo taken last night by Steven Nagata.
Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)Japan Probe - Japan news and entertainment (Subscribe)Kirainet.com - A geek ...(more)
Was only a matter of time.
Review of the Flip Hole available for your reading pleasure.
Available to buy for your healthcare pleasure.
Image from Flickr where you can see more from the A-Kon conven...(more)
Details and more pics of Nendoroid Saber Lily up at the GSC site.
Due out in October and retails for 3,500 yen. Love this expression!
Also up for pre-order is figma Shamal.
Akihabara News - Gad...(more)
Tokyo gets the 1/1 scale Gundam and Kobe gets the 1/1 scale Tetsujin 28.
Tetsujin will be 18 meters tall and is in the middle of construction.
Construction cost of the monument is 135,000,000 yen (1...(more)
The iPhone 3GS launch event will take place tomorrow night at Quest Hall in Harajuku near the Softbank store.
The main event will start at 22:00 and is being organized by comrade Nobi Hayashi pictur...(more)
Looks like eroge maker Minori has blocked access from outside of Japan who will see the following message:-
minori official website.
This website cannot be browsed excluding Japan.
Some foreigner...(more)
Moecutesweetsome overload warning...
Original text from FatBastard below.Hmm... It appears I haven't posted in a long time. Did you miss me? >3>
Well, since K-On is ending I'm sure many of you w...(more)
Looks like quite a few of you are posting your daughters photos - so why don't we declare today Dollfie Day? ^o^
Tag your daughters photos with "dollfieday" and I'll collect all photos after and stic...(more)
7pm in Tokyo - preparing Vader Armor for a potential customer.
Closer look at the A New Hope helmet - much preferred this over the Empire Strikes Back helmet design.
By about 8pm-ish I am no lon...(more)
The fence has now been removed and you can see the 1/1 Scale Gundam in full action via AkibaHobby.
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Up until now, many Japanese school girls have been rolling up their standard issued skirts as they thought it looked cute. This could be a thing of the past as more girls are now starting to think tha...(more)
The first time I've seen a Pachinko parlor fitted out with sofas for couples.
If you are traveling to Japan then I would recommend that you give it a whirl. Is a very interesting slice of Japanese cu...(more)
Was about to pick up the Minamike manga but didn't want to spoil the fun ...(more)
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Never watched the show Kaibutsu Oujo (Princess Resurrection) but the more...(more)
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