Japanese Public HolidaysIf I could stop time, I would:
1. Finish my first attempt at NaNoWriMo (i.e. complete all 50k words and hopefully finish the story at the same time)
2. Sleep for a whole 24 hours
3. Play Atlantica Online for another whole 24 hours (yay for 200% EX...
Dollfie Days - Karin in LoungeHer hair clashes with her "bed" a bit, but otherwise, this is an awfully cute pic. :) Hope she gets around to, er, socializing with her sisters soon.
A Week in Tokyo 46DAMN, I'd pay my eye teeth to be able to get into costumes like that Edo jidai geki couple. they seem so happy practicing their own unique brand of geekiness :)
"Do you spend ages grooming up in the mornings?"
Only if there are major client meeting...
Yakult Girls JapanI love Yakult!
but our Yakult Ladies here are more often little old aunties, heavily bundled up in cotton jackets and pants despite the muggy tropical heat.
Yakiimo Truckoh, I remember that GateKeepers episode where the little Chinese student spends the day with an especially irascible yakiimo vendor :)
food vans here tend to be concentrated in the central business district: rice, viand, small snackies, sodas and ot...
BayonettaAtlantica Online for me - as you can tell from my avatar, which shows the main character that I'm currently playing.
When I was younger I used to think nothing of playing non-stop for four or more hours a day, and then to pull overnight sessions (12...
Junichiro KoizumiMy first exposure to anime was similar to that related in other comments: I grew up on stuff like Voltes V, Daimos, Candy Candy, etc. without realizing they were anime. The local TV stations continued to import a lot of the Nippon Animation World Mas...
Tokyo KitchenThere are several places to get very good Japanese grub around the cities of Metro Manila in the Philippines. Here are three of the good places:
- Tempura Grill. A fast-casual dining places that nevertheless does not skimp on quality. Some tables at...
Gatsby TrooperI can dance just fine. I can handle most modern dances and even novelty ones, but I'm really a throwback to old culture in that my favorite types of dances are those done on a proper dance floor: waltz, swing, foxtrot, cha-cha. I also want to learn h...
La Chaîne InfoI speak English and Filipino fluently; know a smattering of colloquial Japanese; learned tourist-level Italian, Spanish and Korean at school.
Conveyor Belt Sushi Shibuyathere used to be conveyor belt sushi places in this country, but I'm not up-to-date on whether they're still around or not.
I like maguro and tamago sushi best, although I really would rather have a mixed plate of sashimi instead.
Japanese College Towns: Ochanomizuwhen I was at uni I loved all the libraries best. was on a campus occupied by several colleges, each with their own book depositories.
I love the food there - so much so that I still make trips back just to eat.
and uni is where I met my significan...
Google Chrome Japanmy main browser is FF; Chrome is a secondary browser, which I use when I have to be online at the same time that I'm doing something that uses a lot of RAM. the thing I like about FF is that it has a lot of helpful add-ons and stuff, but that leads t...
Google Chrome Japanimage 79986 - helpful stormie is helpful :)
images 79987-79990 - WAAAAH CHROME FOOD AND DRINKS!!! I love the idea of the cake and all those lovely macarons!
image 80007 - agreed with teh cuteness. wish I could buy a Saber Lily nendoroid!
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Japanese stationary otakuoh, nice to know there are old-school pen-and-paper otaku too!
I love collecting those rainbow-ink gel pen collection things. I really must get myself a large set if I should win at NaNoWriMo this year! I'm also working out the plot details for that...
Japan TyphoonIf Melor had hit us then it would have been the third typhoon in as many weeks.
You've seen the pictures of the extreme flooding in the Philippines, caused by Ketsana and Parma. The rising waters came about as a result of civil/land planning mismana...
Christmas in Japanevery year in the Philippines since I was a kid, the Christmas season always started in September and ended in mid-January. we're not known as having the longest Christmas season in the world for nothing.
(imagine, carols on September 1 on the dot!...
Hokkaido Guide"Many baseball teams over here get bought by companies so their name ends up being called a product which I found quite odd. Does this happen where you live too?"
Yep, the pro basketball teams are all owned and subsidized by local companies, for exa...
Sushi in Japanmy motto in food and life is "try everything once". usually works, but then again, the downside comes in finding out the hard way that sea urchin tastes like blech and that coriander leaves give me a migraine.
Tokyo Earthquakefunny you should talk about this. Bug-Out Bag for the win - things you need to survive for 72 hours. I posted a variation that takes into account people with musume/figma/nendoroids/other loots + armor/weapons. :)
I'd grab my BOB first in case of em...
Danny Choo on BBCsome people will really find it hard to "get" the idea of pop culture as an actual draw for business. don't know if I should feel sorry for the poor reporter, who neither understands the idea of anime and manga being so prevalent in the Japanese psyc...
Food Costs in Tokyofor me, lunch at the office often depends on what everyone else brought in. my mum and I work in the same office, and sometimes she brings in their leftovers for her and me to share. sometimes we splurge and go out to eat somewhere nice; more often t...
Food Costs in Tokyoamen, amen! in fact I sometimes prefer to eat at the hawker stalls because the food is tastier and you can get a great variety of choices.
Pet Stores in JapanIn my life I've been part-parent to several pets. Mostly dogs (several cute mongrels and at least one feisty Japanese Spitz) and birds (we had rather stand-offish lovebirds, and a gentle and cheerful mynah). Owned rabbits, too.
Dog and cat breeding...
Lumix GF1 Reviewlovely photos. unfortunately, it takes time for the newest models to come to my part o' the world. will have to stick with my old travelling companion, a Canon Powershot, for now. no moolah yet for a DSLR.....
looking forward to otaku.fm and to the...
Japanese Gift Givingre the giving boiled eggs bit: there used to be a convent of nuns here who prayed to a saint who apparently could influence the weather. people would offer the nuns eggs to offer to the patron saint, and pray for good weather for a specific date like...
Japan Lotto - Takarakujithe jackpots in the Philippines occasionally reach record-breaking proportions - we recently had a jackpot come up to the rough equivalent of USD2.6 million. I bet in that, but of course, didn't get lucky.
Many of us here at work only buy lotto tick...
Japan Point CardsI think I've got one of those point cards from the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. the problem comes when I happily can go MONTHS without buying from them.
