[3 Jul 2009 | No Comment | 41 views]
Hello Kitty is the cute girl’s status symbol.

Hello Kitty, the leader of Japanese Kawaii (Cute) culture, got 35 years old this year.
Sanrio Company created her just that long ago.

She had been for little girls for a while. But, a Japanese popular singer said that she loved Hello Kitty’s goods, and then the lid was off and she got popular among broader generations.

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Anime, Kami Anisons, Manga, Music, Videos from Japan »

[23 Jun 2009 | One Comment | 40 views]
Weekly Kami Anison - Weekly “Godly Awesome Animation Songs” - Part 1 — Sosei no Aquarian Here, I will publish Kami Anisons (Godly Awesome Animation Songs). The memorable first one is Sosei no Aquarian. It is from a Science Fiction animation, which broadcasted in 2005. The story is about the war between humans and their enemies, Datenshi...

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News, Technology »

[17 Jun 2009 | One Comment | 25 views]
Space Shuttle Mission to Complete JAXA’s Kibo laboratory -  Wakata to Come Home The 16-day mission will feature five spacewalks and complete construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory. Astronauts will attach a platform to the outside of the Japanese module that will allow experiments to be exposed to space. The STS-127...

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People in Japan, Technology, Videos from Japan »

[15 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 24 views]
Koichi Wakata Does the Off-beat in Experiments in Space Astronaut Koichi Wakata, who has been aboard the International Space Station since mid-March, has carried out a series of offbeat space experiments proposed by the Japanese public.

The experiments, which the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has dubbed “Try Zero-G,” consist...

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Food, Drinks, & Snacks, Products »

[14 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 51 views]
Green Tea Flavored Coke hits Japan Green Tea Coca-Cola is out just in time to start that new carbonated diet plan. It contains tea antioxidants called catechins, leaves a slight green tea aftertaste and is mainly targeted at health-conscious women in their 20s and 30s. ...

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Anime, Events, Places of Interest in Tokyo, Pop Culture »

[13 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 185 views]
Gundam - Standing Tall in Odaiba Almost ready…This giant 35-ton, 18-meter tall, full-scale Gundam is in Shiokaze Park within Odaiba, Tokyo to commemorate 30 years of Mobile Suit Gundam. The Gundam sports a moving head and is able to shoot mist and light from fifty points...

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Music, People in Japan, Pop Culture, Technology, Videos from Japan »

[5 Jun 2009 | 2 Comments | 119 views]
Susumu Hirasawa the Eccentric

Susumu Hirasawa is a very eccentric and interesting techno musician, who’s always looked for new challenges in his music.

If you have seen Satoshi Kon’s animation films like “Paprika”, “Millennium actress”, or “Paranoia agent”, you must have heard Hirasawa’s songs. The...

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Anime, Events, Pop Culture »

[22 May 2009 | 2 Comments | 465 views]
Giant Gundam to Glitter and Smoke This giant 35-ton, 18-meter tall, full-scale Gundam is being built in Shiokaze Park within Odaiba, Tokyo to commemorate 30 years of Mobile Suit Gundam. Once complete sometime in mid-July, the real show will begin. The Gundam is to...

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Art, Events, People in Japan »

[19 May 2009 | No Comment | 30 views]
Fire Breathing Baby Ignites Roppongi - Kenji Yanobe’s Giant Torayan Robot - Sculptor Kenji Yanobe’s Giant Torayan robot, a 7.2-meter (24-ft) tall mechanical baby that sings, dances and spits up fire, was part of a larger art event in Tokyo’s Roppongi district. The fire-breathing robot performed on center stage at “Roppongi Art...

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Anime, Music, People in Japan, Videos from Japan »

[14 May 2009 | No Comment | 97 views]
Maaya Sakamoto Maaya Sakamoto is a Japanese seiyū and singer-songwriter who made her debut in 1996 as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne....

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News, Travel »

[28 Apr 2009 | One Comment | 249 views]
Japan Turns Mexicans Away Due to Swine Flu Japan said Tuesday it would no longer allow Mexican travelers to obtain a visa upon arrival. Health officers at three Japanese airports... ...

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Places in Japan, Places of Interest in Tokyo, Tokyo, Travel »

[28 Apr 2009 | 3 Comments | 112 views]
Taisoji Temple While I was taking a walk in Shinjuku 2 cho-me after lunch, I found a nice place to stay and be calm. Shinjuku 2 cho-me is well known as an area of gay bars. I usually hear people at those...

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Japan, Life in Japan »

[25 Apr 2009 | 4 Comments | 631 views]
Foreigners in Japan and Where Do We Stand? Where do we stand….How about some statics to get our numbers straight… The number of foreigners in Japan has more than doubled over the past 15 years–rising from 886,000 in 1990 to over 2 million today. That adds up to 1.57...

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Places in Japan, Pop Culture, Travel, Videos from Japan »

[25 Apr 2009 | No Comment | 170 views]
Gunkanjima - Battleship Island Off the westernmost coast of Japan, is an island called 'Gunkanjima' that is hardly known even to the Japanese. Long ago, the island was nothing more than a small reef. Then in 1810, with the chance discovery of coal ......

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