Roundup : 2007 week 45

"Tachiyomi" [立ち読み] means "reading while standing up" and you can usually see hordes of people doing tachiyomi at book/convenience stores. The magazine publication industry in Japan generates more revenue than books - as you can imagine there are quite a few magazines to go through every month which would cost a bomb to buy so I also indulge in the tachiyomi activities too. I go through the game, gadget, mac, fashion, anime and hobby mags.

Some places forbid tachiyomi by placing a "no tachiyomi" sign - others would just wrap the magazines in plastic or tie them up with string.
Are there hordes of people doing tachiyomi in your region?

Mags which I buy every month are Dengeki Hime and BugBug. Get NewType (anime) and Hobby Japan occasionally. Also get a lot of magazines sent to me free by publication folks.

Last weeks news items were as follows which you can RSS subscribe to or see more of »

Konami Hatano This 1/8 scale figure of Konami is a re-release from god knows when. For some reason, the retail price is 5,250 yen but... ( continue reading » (comments(4) ) Super Idol Would you marry a girl who could lift an asteroid? If so then you may have to give up your 2D girl and figure interest... ( continue reading » (comments(10) ) Eroge Videos More family viewing videos. Great for bonding. BTW, can anybody name the first image - which game? I think its by Akane... ( continue reading » (comments(6) ) Tokyo Takeout Saboten does many varieties of deep fried katsu. Great for picking up after a late night at work.... ( continue reading » (comments(9) ) Moetan Snack Could this be the snack that you buy but never eat? Not even sure whats inside. Does anybody have this and has anybody ... ( continue reading » (comments(20) ) Death Star Pumpkin Happy Halloween folks. This has to be the most interesting pumpkin I've seen. The only ones I've seen up until now are ... ( continue reading » (comments(14) ) Aya Hirano Some private time with Aya and her mobile pics. My fave is number 14 I think. How about you? Via Byonavi.... ( continue reading » (comments(51) ) Hatsune Teku The male version of Hatsune Miku. Via Byonavi.... ( continue reading » (comments(14) ) Aged 17 Anime Characte... Characters who are about 17. LOL at Moetan and Manami. Choose one to marry. Via Neta.... ( continue reading » (comments(44) ) Zaku and Plants Q: What on earth does a zaku and plant have in common? A: This item. grow any type of plant in this Zaku head. This Dio... ( continue reading » (comments(7) ) Hatsune Miku I think this is the cutest moe photo of Hatsune Miku that I've seen so far. If you have any others, feel free to share.... ( continue reading » (comments(16) ) Combat Umbrella For when the annoying person in front of you is walking slow. Any takers? Via Gear Fuse.... ( continue reading » (comments(7) ) Gun Mouse Does your boss sit in front of you drinking coffee or picking their nose or scratching their crotch all day long and not... ( continue reading » (comments(12) ) Bincho Tan Dont know anything about her so have nooo idea why shes got a lump of coal on her head. More "a day in the life of Binc... ( continue reading » (comments(8) ) Ryomo Shimei If you like your girls with blue hair, wearing an extremely short maid uniform with handcuffs then you will want this 1/... ( continue reading » (comments(6) ) Hello Kitty Torture How Hello Kitty is really treated like in Japan. Via Himazin... ( continue reading » (comments(8) ) Japanese Scarecrows Showing just the legs saves money on the upper half of the body - sounds like a good idea to me. Via Himazin.... ( continue reading » (comments(7) ) Room O Torrents You've seen a room O dakimakura and eroge and now heres a room full O torrents being burnt. Do you burn everything to a... ( continue reading » (comments(18) ) A True Nanoha Itasha A true Nanoha Itasha is not complete without Nanoha herself. Via Himazin (lots of Himazin stuff today ^^;)... ( continue reading » (comments(11) ) Pile Driver Even skaters need to get in their wrestling moves... Looks kinda painful. This move is called the "pile driver" right? ... ( continue reading » (comments(17) ) OSX on your PC In 3 easy steps here. If you have spare time, you may want to give it a whirl. After being a Windows user for more tha... ( continue reading » (comments(12) ) Ero Manga Cover of Kaminari magazine. The official page has pages of must-have wallpaper but a password is needed to gain access ... ( continue reading » (comments(7) ) Leukothea Review Foo Bar Baz has his review up of loli Leukothea from the eroge Megachu - click on "CG" in header to see action pics. Th... ( continue reading » (comments(5) ) Free Ero Doujin Found this through YouTube. Warning folks - if you are anti ero then turn back now. On the other hand, if you like ero... ( continue reading » (comments(22) ) Tokyo Motor Show Cant make the Tokyo Motor Show this year? Do not fear as NihonCar has a load of coverage. I dont have a car fetish but... ( continue reading » (comments(15) ) Internet Radio I'm always listening to internet radio. If I get bored of a station, I go to ShoutCast which has every type of music und... ( continue reading » (comments(9) ) Ero Wallpaper Get Follow up on this item. The wallpaper on http://www.web-myoung.com/dl/dl_old01.html does not need passwords! Get em wh... ( continue reading » (comments(19) ) Yuki Nagato Yuki fans may be in interested in this 1/8 scale figure out next Feb. Retails for 3,980 yen. More pics at AmiAmi. Any ... ( continue reading » (comments(18) ) Eroge Dakimakura Would you prefer an anime or eroge dakimakura? If its the latter then you may be interested in this of Kirari-chan from... ( continue reading » (comments(14) ) Anime Formulas Apparently this is how you would go about calculating the formula for anime - in this case Nanoha. Anybody understand t... ( continue reading » (comments(7) ) Doraemon Uncut Doraemon changes strategy in their content to get more viewers. Via Neta.... ( continue reading » (comments(26) ) New Face of Ultraman Kinda scary. Darn, I think that image is going to stick in my mind for a while. Via Neta.... ( continue reading » (comments(20) ) Manabi Straight Figure... These Manabi trading figures are adorable! Out next Feb and retail for 7,350 yen - ten in a box. See the rest at AmiAmi.... ( continue reading » (comments(5) ) Tsuruya-san and Kyons ... 1/10 scale and retails at 5,040 yen for the pair. Being released by Wave next Jan. More closeup pics at AmiAmi. Any t... ( continue reading » (comments(11) ) Rumi Kinoshita This rather cute figure of Rumi will be available next Feb and retail for 7,140 yen. Go to the detail page at Yamato an... ( continue reading » (comments(9) ) Ikebukuro Taken recently at Ikebukuro. May not be common knowledge but Ikebukuro is another Otaku type area with shops like Torano... ( continue reading » (comments(5) ) Bunny VS Cat I still need to look up the subject more but why are there more neko (cat) girls than bunny girls in the otaku field? I... ( continue reading » (comments(18) ) Louise VS Haruhi Saw this over at Fakku and stopped to think about it. Then it dawned on me as to how tough of a question it was. If you... ( continue reading » (comments(36) ) Haruka Amami Figure Was excited when I first saw the cast for this figure but her face looks a bit odd in these color pictures. Retails for... ( continue reading » (comments(8) ) CLANNAD in a can For those who are wondering what the insides of this can looks like - check out the pics at Kakaku.... ( continue reading » (comments(16) ) Hatsune Miku Cosplay The first time I've seen Hatsune Miku getting the cosplay treatment. Via Arisa.... ( continue reading » (comments(13) ) Japanese Text Books The illustrations in books used to teach kids how a baby is born are kinda getting an otaku influence of late. Via Heiw... ( continue reading » (comments(32) ) Dengeki Hime wallpaper... Wallpaper for this months edition of Dengeki Hime is up on their site - go grab em.... ( continue reading » (comments(10) ) YoYo Action A dannychoo.com member (sorry I cant remember who) with some awesome yoyo skills. If this is you then let us kn... ( continue reading » (comments(23) ) Ai Shinozaki videos Found some nice vids of Ai-chan on YT. More photos of Ai-chan in this post. Theres also one of her in the wallpaper poo... ( continue reading » (comments(3) ) Gundam Operating Syste... Even the Gundam OS has its problems from time to time which could cause deadly accidents... Via Neta.... ( continue reading » (comments(11) ) Japan Girls Many people ask me "is it true that you always see nice girls walking around Tokyo?" My answer is "yes." When ever I go... ( continue reading » (comments(23) ) Naked Computing OK, I know there must be some of you who computed naked at some time - just how many of you and when/what situation woul... ( continue reading » (comments(34) ) Private Time in Public... Kinda NSFW I guess. How many people do you know who could do this in public? Jump to about 1 min into the video. &nbsp... ( continue reading » (comments(18) ) Disney intellectual pr... Illegal usage of Disney's intellectual property doesn't only happen in China.... Does this happen in your region? Via ... ( continue reading » (comments(16) ) Super Famicom Official... Nintendo recently announced that they are ceasing to fix anymore broke Super Famicoms submitted to their repair division... ( continue reading » (comments(29) ) Initial D In Japan, when you play car games in the arcades, you sit in an actual car - more pics and video at Akihabara News. Wou... ( continue reading » (comments(20) ) Harumi Kouno Shinbori has some really nice pics of this Harumi Kouno figure - check out the rest at his blog. She looks really nice ... ( continue reading » (comments(2) ) Lucky Claymore Kawaii! Thanks to lancer evolution for the tip! Dont forget that if you have any coolsome stuff to share then send it ... ( continue reading » (comments(10) ) Naruto We all know Naruto but am I the only one who isn't watching it? I dont know much about the show. Seems to be popular wi... ( continue reading » (comments(56) ) Worlds Most Honest Per... A person who goes out and buys this amount of games just has to be the worlds most honest person. The totally opposite ... ( continue reading » (comments(26) ) Space Curry Sad that you cant afford to go to space? Be sad no more because you can at least eat the same stuff that astropeople ea... ( continue reading » (comments(15) ) Shana Wallpaper Unless you check out moe imouto every day then you may have missed this extremely high res wallpaper of Shana and Kazumi... ( continue reading » (comments(20) ) Billys Boot Nanoha Go on, admit it. You've tried some of the Billy's Boot Camp exercises. I have ^^; But I'd find more motivation if it wa... ( continue reading » (comments(11) ) Figure Photos More figure photo composition at Qooler. This is just great!... ( continue reading » (comments(13) ) Lars and the Real Girl... Film about a guy who falls in love with the US equivalent of a Candy Girl. Thanks to Marty for the tip! ... ( continue reading » (comments(8) ) Gundam00 girls LOL at the far right. Thanks to Shin Asuka for the tip.... ( continue reading » (comments(29) ) R2 Steam Too This is what the astrodroids ran on before we knew them. More pics at CrabFoo. Thanks to KG for the tip. ... ( continue reading » (comments(3) ) Mikuclock Get your Hatsune Miku clock at Miku Clock. Click on her to hear her read the time to you. Kawaii ze! Found on Otakurean... ( continue reading » (comments(29) ) Death Note Eroge Only showing you a part of this image - go to Neta to see the rest... NSFW for most workplaces.... ( continue reading » (comments(43) ) Last weeks articles were as follows which you can RSS subscribe to or see more of »

Shibuya Dance Trooper Shot straight after the YouTube Mix party. Hector and I walked down to Shibuya from Omotesando and had planned to shoot at different locations. Unfortunately s... ( continue reading » (comments(80) ) Leopard Japan Launch And just what does this idol Mihato Ise have to do with the Leopard launch last Friday? Mihato was part of the leopard launch festivities at Yodobashi Camera... ( continue reading » (comments(21) ) Roundup : 2007 week 44 That time of the week again where we look at the previous weeks articles and news items. This weeks theme is Ranking Charts. For those who don't know, you can keep... ( continue reading » (comments(7) ) Gundam Defends Japan After Japan lost the last war, they signed a treaty that stated that Japan was not allowed to form an army of humans. But there was nothing in the treaty mentio... ( continue reading » (comments(75) ) Segway Japan Never thought I would see this in Japan - security guards using a Segway to patrol Tokyo Big Sight. A trial is going to be carried out for the next two month... ( continue reading » (comments(28) ) Gaijin Those who keep up with the latest news in Japan by reading the top Japan blog Japan Probe will already know that a bunch of gaijin (foreigners) "hijacked" a tra... ( continue reading » (comments(98) ) Japan Weather Born and lived in rainy London for 27 years but never saw anything like this until I started to live in Japan. And just why does everybody have an umbrella?... ( continue reading » (comments(43) ) Cup Nude (NSFW x3) I think most of us have at one point in our lives tried instant noodles before. Some of us only eat it in an emergency while others love it. This "Cup... ( continue reading » (comments(51) ) Japan Cosmetic Surgery Live in Japan for a while and you'll start to notice the emphasis on cosmetic surgery - on the TV, magazines and ads like this one at Shibuya station. So wha... ( continue reading » (comments(39) ) Yuki Nagato This has to be the nicest figure I've seen of Yuki so far. Her being in swimwear is a bonus too ^^; Would love a Haruhi and a Mikuru version. Imagine what th... ( continue reading » (comments(43) ) Shibuya Trooper Uncut And just why do I have a snap of the official Star Wars blog header at the top of this article? Because the Tokyo Dance Trooper video has been featured again... ( continue reading » (comments(31) ) Mikuru Haruhi Always wondered what Haruhi would look like with Mikuru sized oppai. Camera used : EOS Kiss Digital N + EF-S60mm F2.8 macro USMArchived in : Freeing Haruhi. (Click... ( continue reading » (comments(28) ) Japanese Trains This is a chart showing the first and last trains running on the Meguro line in Tokyo. The first train is at 5.03 going towards Meguro and the last train is at... ( continue reading » (comments(31) ) October 2007 Stats Didn't manage to bring you stats last month due to the logs disappearing with the server crash. Octobers logs are fine - the figures are looking just fine too ^... ( continue reading » (comments(14) ) Japan Queue How do you identify a good ramen (noodles) place from a bad one in Japan? The answer is simple - just look for the ones with the longest queues. Walked