November 2007 Stats
Referrers who drove thousands of visitors to the site were...
- Japan Probe - everything Japan
- Kirainet - everything Japan
- Akihabara News - exclusive press reviews of gadgets
- Johoya-san - Japan news n topics
- Dark Roasted Blend - Dark Roasted Blended stuff
- Yukawanet - Japanese topics
For December, you should expect a major update to the Nav2.0 platform that this site runs on and the Figure.fm renewal. Towards the end of the month you will have comike and figure coverage of the World Hobby Festival.
Quick question - are the weekly roundups useful? If not then I will stop them as sometimes I feel like I'm stuffing content down users throats which is not a good thing.
Popular articles last month were as follows which you can RSS subscribe to or see more of »
Evengelion Asuka !WARNING! !WARNING! !WARNING! Dont click through if you are eating or dont like to see images which may stick in your head for a while. But if you want to see... ( continue reading » (comments(79) ) 
Wendy's Japan Nothing better than a food article after todays Asuka fun n games. So we've taken a look at KFC and Mc Donalds in Japan so that leaves Wendy's. So whats it like then... ( continue reading » (comments(78) ) 
Japanese Dolphins "Save the Dolphins, Save the World." If you know what that phrase means then you will already know that sweet Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere went out on... ( continue reading » (comments(159) ) 
Gundam and Figures Was having a conversation about the time that I lived in Seattle the other day. Recalled how tough it was to get Gundams and Figures in Seattle - it was a long... ( continue reading » (comments(65) ) 
Japan Military So what on earth does this all mean then?... Remember the news last week about the Japanese Ministry of Defense developing a Gundam? Well this chap is weari... ( continue reading » (comments(71) ) 
Pets in Japan So you have just moved to Japan and are feeling a bit lonely. Not to keen on a Candy Girl or a Tenga cup, you seek to buy a dog. How much are you willing to pa... ( continue reading » (comments(72) ) 
Japanese Bunny Girls Nothing better to start you day than with some bunny girls. Darn, ran out of bunny girl pics. Luckily I had one of this bunny boy. Bunny boy pic fro... ( continue reading » (comments(69) ) 
Animage The most recent edition of Animage that I bought and definitely the last. Usually get Newtype but thought I'd give Animage a try to see what its like. Don't... ( continue reading » (comments(64) ) 
360 Beats PS3 I've always read that the 360 was doing terribly and that nobody (in Japan) wants to own one so was rather surprised to hear that the 360 is now selling more un... ( continue reading » (comments(99) ) 
Bit Torrent Believe it or not, I've only really started to use Torrents for my open source downloads lately. I learn that the torrent client should be kept open for as long as... ( continue reading » (comments(104) ) 
Heroes Just thought I'd talk a bit about Heroes because I just lurve it and recommend it throughly. Picked up Heroes after reading recommendations in some of the co... ( continue reading » (comments(79) ) 
Mobile Suits Ranking 32,263 people participated in a ranking of their most fave Mobile Suit from the first Gundam series... First was RX-78-2 Gundam - the rest of the ranking bel... ( continue reading » (comments(65) ) 
Laptop VS Desktop Was having a conversation the other day (as one does) about the pros n cons of desktops and laptops. Some of the folks hated desktops for reasons like hardwa... ( continue reading » (comments(83) ) 
Lolita Culture Been seeing comments across the site lately suggesting that loli content leads to pedophilia or that people who like loli characters *are* pedophiles. Under... ( continue reading » (comments(91) ) 
Forums There have been some great conversations of late (yesterdays Loli Culture was a great one in particular) and I see many requests for a forum. I have a general... ( continue reading » (comments(81) ) 
Japanese Drinks Theres a huge variety of drinks available in Japan and you could last quite a while drinking something different every day. When I lived in the UK, I would m... ( continue reading » (comments(80) ) 
Trains in Japan A salary man aged 35 was arrested for kicking a girl aged 17 who was sitting at the entrance of a train carriage. The girl was babbling with her friend when... ( continue reading » (comments(71) ) 
Photo Composition Shashin Gosei [写真合成[しゃしんごうせい]] means "Photo Composite." Shashin = Photo, Gosei = Composite. I've seen these around the internets for a while and only recen... ( continue reading » (comments(67) ) 
Japanese Men Prefer 2D The head of a health promotion research center in the Gifu prefecture made a statement on the current decline of abortions among teenagers and reduced sales of... ( continue reading » (comments(73) ) Popular news items for last month were as follows which you can RSS subscribe to or see more of »
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(58) ) 
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(46) ) 
Japanese Singapore Chi... This is the Singapore Chicken Rice served at Lalaport in Toyosu. Tastes pretty good. I've never tried it in Singapore th... ( continue reading » (comments(47) ) 
Japanese Panties You are walking along (as one does) and see this. What do you do?... ( continue reading » (comments(56) ) 
Dilemma Dilemma time. You receive this picture attached to a phone message. Your boss or teacher at school/work just happens to ... ( continue reading » (comments(49) ) 
SexBox 360 (NSFW) Any 360 owners who would get this cover? Larger version at Neta.... ( continue reading » (comments(47) ) 
Caught Red Handed The girl in the photo grabs your phone and sees this picture freshly taken. What do you say to her? Via Byonavi.... ( continue reading » (comments(67) ) 
Japanese Canteens You are eating your breakfast in a canteen and look up after taking a bit to see that all of a sudden, the folks in the ... ( continue reading » (comments(62) ) 
Girls in Japan Yes. In Japan a typical sight it is. Lie I do not. Yourself shall see if come. Take picture you will. For those of y... ( continue reading » (comments(50) ) 
Preference (NSFW) See the rest of this image at Elog. Shes probably worrying about the size. What you say - too big, too small or ... ( continue reading » (comments(45) ) 
Name that Gundam Would anybody like to give a name to this Gundam? Thanks to Gordon for sending this in - can anybody name the source of... ( continue reading » (comments(49) ) 
Girls Armpits I'm guessing this picture is aimed at folks who have a fetish for girls with hairy armpits Are hairy armpits on girls a... ( continue reading » (comments(42) ) 
Mini Skirt Police I knew that Japanese female police wore mini skirts but didn't know they were this short! Awaiting your approval Sargen... ( continue reading » (comments(55) ) 
Son Stabs Dad A man of 31 stabbed his father for turning off the power to a game console during mid play. His father is now criticall... ( continue reading » (comments(41) ) 
Windows XP in Japan A recent survey reveals that 90% of Japanese Windows XP users have no intention of upgrading to Vista. Any users out the... ( continue reading » (comments(58) ) 
Which Aya Part 2 Definitely number 5 for me - is too sweet. You choose which? Via Byonavi.... ( continue reading » (comments(61) ) 
Shiori Tsuzuki This figure of Shiori will be out next March and retail for 6,800 yen by Orchid Seed. Never watched WitchBlade far enou... ( continue reading » (comments(43) ) 
Singapore Top 900 Had a look at my Alexa Rank and realized I'm in the top 900 most viewed sites by Singaporeans ^^; Whats the number one ... ( continue reading » (comments(42) )
If you are interested in reading about life in Japan, seeing photos taken daily around Tokyo, like Japanese subculture (anime, manga, figures, Dollfies) then you may want to start delving into the Japan or Figure categories for a start or have a gander at all photo articles.
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Dirty Gentleman
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Myself personally, don't use it cause I come here too often. Thus its just like watching repeats on TV. However, casual readers may want to check in. Another thing though is that you've got alot more content per week than before, so its HUGE. Huge like China.
Student
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That is a lot of people.
it will took me around at least centuries to reach that much views. TT
Technical Writer/Editor, Designer, Collector, Artist, Nice Guy
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Yeah, I kinda agree with the earliest comment.
I don't read the News Items much, but I catch the Blog Posts often enough that I just skim the Roundups and Stats.
Then again, other readers might prefer them more than I. ^_^;
Student
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i agree
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
I read the weekly roundups to see if I missed any posts... and Congrats!
中学生
http://thezhukeeper.blogspot.com
I read any interesting stuff that I pass by randomly.
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
i'm here everyday and i read every news iteams and articles so the roundups aren't useful to me.
Design Consultant
I agree with Gordon, but I am sure they are very useful to a lot of users stopping by. Not everyone visits every day and might like seeing a repost instead of trying to go back through the list themselves. Plus, it gives those of us who contribute frequently an idea of how the community is growing and developing. Plus, people love graphs and stats. Or, stagraphts if you prefer. Still cant wait until the site gets big enought to buy stocks of. Ill be the first one to buy!
Student
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i like the week in tokyo... but the thing is, if your trying to get us to japan, wouldn't we just be discriminated like all the other foreigners that go there =.= do you want us to feel the pain of trying to get a apartment or rent a room, jp but still wanna go to japan ^_^
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
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I read but I usually don't miss any new post... :P
4th Year Business Economics Student
I don't really use the Weekly Roundup since I'm mostly up to date with your posts. ^^ But besides that I can also read the newest post and then use the links at the bottom of your post to navigate to older posts.
Chemical Engineer
http://saoblog.laventanadesaouri.com/
I'm reading you since long time ago, but just few days before i suscribe to your blog.
Your stats are awesome.
In a really good day, my blog receive 900 visits.
Greetings.
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
I try to update to every post and comment until the post becomes obsolete. I then don't need to read roundups. As simple as that.
Japanese Student
http://japanqna.wordpress.com
I subscribe to your feed, so I get to check on stuff every time. I do read the roundups, too, though. Might have missed something interesting.
http://www.marvinryan.com
congratulations on your noember stats Danny.
about the weekly roundup, it does help if some of your visitors don't come in everyday. however IMHO it might be best not to include the news items to speed up loading time.