Startups in JapanWow - Mirai Inc is looking great and very clever - similar to what programmer D. Karem is doing over at http://www.posttool.com/ . Client up-datable web 2.0 site design.
If you ever come through San Francisco, I'll introduce you to David !
Why Japantsa004 : Looks like you have a limited experience in Japan - or maybe an unusually negative one... I couldnt say half those things bothered me...
I love Japan, but for different reasons than Danny (except a couple similar interests).
* The GENERAL...
Plasma VS LCDDanny - the Toshiba Regza is a good choice. Plasmas loose their quality after a while, new-school LCDs are much better than ever : 1080p, Wide color gamut feature , high contrast ratio, VGA input (essential nowadays).
LCDs all the way!!
A Day in TokyoYo Danny -
In terms of cameras , go for the Canon XL H1. It has the possibilty to change the lenses, meaning you can put a standard, super nice 35mm lens on there. Just finished working on an IBM commercial in London that used this exact set-up. Ca...
Worst Place to Live in JapanThanks for supporting my comments guys, I think this is a sad and desperate attempt to dirty the name of the whole Kansai region by Tokyo based businesses and politicians. Osaka and Kyoto are much more left-leaning than Tokyo. They want a more indepe...
Worst Place to Live in JapanInteresting, interesting, interesting.
From my times in Japan, I'd have to say that Osaka is WAY cooler than Tokyo.
Let me elaborate.
1. Food is MUCH better (and cheaper)
2. Rent is cheaper.
3. People are WAY more friendly.
4. It's much more li...
Living with illnessDanny - hope you make a full recovery this year!
I also have my story of getting ill in Japan, back in Kyoto in 1999. It was a chilly November and I remember my knees and lower back starting to really ache. Over the course of a week I noticed my kne...
MacBook AirI honestly can't believe that the whole build up for the Apple Key-note speech was an extra-thin laptop...
Dosent look that great - surely the Desktop they just announced was far more impressive- 8 processors at once !
I have the Mac book Pro - I t...
Seijin no HiI'm 31 now, I remember back in the day when I became 20 nothing special happened - was already drinking & Chasing girls !
I was 21 before I smoked weed, though..
Broadband in JapanDid everyone see the Japanese Diet busting out the American government about 9/11 ????
Check it out:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0P3mhLDm6_Q
Police Hunt OtakuAndy - I'll be in Birmingham soon, could just tell you in person!
But seriously, I feel bad now after such a massive post which is supposed to be all about the Otaku Police Hunt!!
What else do people want to know about the Yakuza system? How they t...
Police Hunt OtakuHey Danny,
To befriend the Yakuza is free, to do business with them is another thing..
I have made quite a few Yakuza friends over the years (not close friends, mind..) in Osaka, Kyoto & Tokyo (Hachioji).
Someone like your self - a successful Gaij...
Police Hunt OtakuTo Danny:
"..A good question was raised as to why people who look and dress like Yakuza (plenty of them in Shinjuku who definitely carry knives) don't get stopped by police and yet otaku (who are unlikely to be carrying a knife) have a high probabil...
Macross FrontierTo kazemizuhi in Phobos:
DOMU is actually a manga by Otomo, no-one has made an anime out of it yet. That was my point - can't someone fund it? You should be able to find it at a good comic shop or on-line.
To BIG BOSS in Argentina:
Thanks for agre...
Macross FrontierGreat animation, but the story is a little boring, especially compared to Gundam, etc.
And the singing in every episode? Eeew.
Can't someone put some money into making an anime version of DOMU (by Katsuhiro Otomo) or some of the other stories in...
Whaling in JapanHmm... the slogan "No Slaughter for Profit" caught my eye - I suppose everyone at the protest was a vegetarian?
If you are going to stop killing whales, the same should go for cows, chickens, fish, sheep and pigs. Which would leave us with no tasty...
Best anime of 2007Wow, what a horrible list....
Does anybody here on this blog not think that 80's & 90's anime & manga were just WAY better?
I cant believe this is the TOP TEN ! :
* 1 - sola
* 2 - Lucky Star
* 3 - Katei Kyoshi Hitman Reborn
* 4...
Waste disposal in JapanAh. Great. The Garbage post.
All I can say about this is that during my times in Japan, they ALWAYS return trash to our front door, with, of course a really polite note that said "you put one tiny piece of wood in this bag of rotten eggs, please tak...
Nippon FetishDoes baffle me a little bit.
All are pretty uniquely Japanese..
The suffocation fetish is WORLD_WIDE, as it is a physical human reaction to lack of oxygen that the orgasm becomes more intense.
The "mask" fetishes are pretty international too.
The...
Japanese PensionThe Japanese government has already wasted a lot of that money, which is why there isnt much left for the hard working Japanese work-force.
On the other hand, check this out:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3704527408635856046&q=benjamin+f...
Ishigaki IslandEdward-
Yeah my ex-girlfriend was from Okinawa. Thats how I came across so much Okinawa-related info.
Okinawa is for example one of the only prefectures that dosent sing the "Kimigayo" (Japanese Nationalist song) in the mornings at school, or fly t...
Ishigaki IslandSorry, not seem like a psycho here, but
even the Iriomote people wouldnt consider themselves Japanese or "Living in Japan".
The word "Japanese" is reserved for mainlanders.
Ishigaki IslandD_Blade :
From my experience in Okinawa it wasnt ""seen as a FORM of military occupation...""
It WAS and still IS military and political occupation.
Ishigaki Island""By the way, Okinawa was used as an US base during WW II.""
Ummmm... its still used as a US Aiforce base till this day! The Americans never left and protests in the 1950 & 60s were swiftly shut down.
Many there hate the Americans (and the Japane...
Ishigaki IslandNice pictures Danny!
Love Okinawa too. They have a VERY different culture to Japan - mainly because they are not actually Japanese. My girlfriend used to tell me that kids in playground would call each-other "Japanese!" as an insult(!)
Okinawans ar...
Bullying in JapanDanny - Looks like not much has changed since you grew up in Hackney - Poverty, Racism and social collapse is what its looking like in many of London's poor neighbourhoods - just check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUjIpMAF9kY
Sad.
Drugs in JapanTrue that Japan is one of the most expensive places to buy weed.
What's more interesting and revealing about Japanese society is that foreigners DONT CONTROL & BUY all the weed!
When I was in Tokyo earlier this year, I met quite a number of Musicia...
Japanese DolphinsInteresting - not sure this is too much of a big deal - I had raw horse last time I was in Japan and it was really good!
Danny - could you please write more about politics or touchy subjects ?
Why not?
Wendy's JapanHey Danny, I will be in London for Christmas - I will MSN you, maybe you return the the U.K. to visit your family back in Hackney over the holidays?
Hope so!
Sean
Wendy's JapanAlways loved the WENDY`S location close by the Eibisu train station - open 24 hours - perfect for when you come out of Eibisu Club Milk drunk & hungry at 5:30AM !!
I also used to live i9n London in the 1980`s then again in the 1990`s.
Actually , Lo...
GaijinHmmmmmmmmmmmm -
You have to keep in mind what it's like for many Gaijin in Japan - you get treated like shit for what seem like, NO REASON.
Now if a bunch of Gaijin on 1 day of the year all get dressed up and "hi-jack" a train, I can't be mad at th...
