You may have read or heard how hard working and dedicated the Japanese people are towards their jobs. Consistently they put in long hours and undying loyalty to their employer, and in return they get a cushy pension, … [Read more...]
A member of TextFugu was kind of enough to share with me this very unique Japanese photoblog, and so now I'm sharing it with you. I introduce to you "Yowayowa Camera," where yowayowa means "frail" and camera just means... … [Read more...]
No, no - we're not talking about aliens this time (sorry to let you down). The kind of UFO I'm referring to here is the classic Japanese arcade game: The Almighty UFO Catcher (or claw crane game for all you … [Read more...]
Compared to the crazy amount of news last week, this week was fairly slow in terms of news. That being said, there were still five stories that caught my eye this week. Here are some of the highlights in this last week of … [Read more...]
I was watching the trailer to Danny Choo's TV show, Culture Japan, when something caught my eye. About a minute into the video, Danny loads his bike into a door, then a mechanical arms snatches it up and sorts it into a … [Read more...]
The chilly, winter weather is finally hitting across many parts of the United States. For many, this is an invitation to dust off the winter sports equipment and go do some snowboarding, sledding, or even curling. These … [Read more...]