Perhaps the rainy season is already upon us, but all this gloomy weather the past couple days has me in a bit of a black and white mood. The lovely Haikugirl’s post about her recent trip to the Hase-dera, one of my favorite temples in Kamakura, reminded me of this shot I took of the hundreds upon hundreds of Jizo statues there. It’s been ages since our last trip, but looking over the pictures makes me think perhaps it’s time for another visit!
昔々 or むかしむかし essentially means Continue reading
While Lawson may be disappointing me lately with their Japanese bagels, MiniStop’s desserts have been Continue reading
A few years ago, we were lucky enough to be invited to the X Japan Reunion Concert at the Tokyo Dome. However, I was rather confused to see the bassist who died in 1998 up on the stage. Would they be so crass as to put an actor in his place? An impersonation? No, instead, it turned out it was a hologram. And a damn Continue reading
Catchy music, epic dance moves, and the mysteriously never-aging Kimutaku. What more could you want from 30 seconds of internet?
The video quality isn’t as good as my last Gatsby video, but it’s one of my all time favorites. We were attempting these dance moves for weeks!
We have some new information about the Necomimi! The company producing them seems pretty slammed, even overwhelmed by all the attention they’ve been getting, but hopefully it will motivate them to get the Continue reading
Honor. Sacrifice. Devotion.
These vegetables teach an important lesson about Japanese culture, and I even picked up some vocab too. Win win!
P.S. What is this I don’t even.
Gunma Prefectural Sports Tournament, May 13th 2011
As always, click to embiggen!
Happy Friday! A very special Engrish of the week this time around–recently there was a little giveaway on Tokyo Bounce that resulted in this fabulous monstrosity appearing on my doorstep.
Yes, it’s a lovely “Mois” Water Skin Mask (what?) which apparently Continue reading
Tomorrow is the Prefectural Sports Tournament, which means all the various clubs and teams will be battling it out in the fields and courts of our fair Prefecture. It also means that apparently I’ll be on TV, as the Continue reading
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