I love AKBINGO! It’s one of my all time favorite Japanese variety shows, right on up there with Gaki no Tsukai. (P.S. if you haven’t already heard of Gaki no Tsukai, do yourself a huge favor and check that out as well.) Over the past century, we’ve written a few posts about the stars of [...]
Awaji Island is an interesting place in Japan; it’s a small island that sits between Honshu and Shikoku and is more famous than an island that small really should be. People around Japan know about Awaji’s famous naruto whirlpools (which I assume are caused by chakra or something), and it was also the epicenter to [...]
Behold! Another musical timewaster for your listening pleasure (hopefully). This time we’ve got two bands again, WEAVER and Avengers in Sci-Fi. They’re both pretty good, and one of the bands really knows how to rock out on a piano while the other sounds like they might be from the future or outer space or something [...]
When photographer Miyoko Ihara decided to start documenting the life of her 87 year-old grandmother, Misao, for a photography book, you would think that the results would be pretty boring. Fortunately, Misao finds a companion in Fukumaru (福丸), an odd-eyed kitten that Misao finds in a shed on her property. Misao, who apparently lives alone [...]
So, it’s been a while since we visited the world of Japanese pop-rock/hardcore fusion, so to make up for lost time we’re going to cover two bands today. These two bands are kind of similar to Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas which I covered before, so if you enjoyed them there’s a decent chance [...]
I was lucky enough to grow up Portland, a city with its own, authentic Japanese garden. Japan has always been known for its incredible gardens, so it’s been great to be so close Portland Japanese Gardens with its rock gardens, koi fish swimming around in ponds, and beautiful Japanese maple trees. But not every Japanese [...]
When Halloween time rolls around, most people get excited about costumes, or candy, or even drinking heavily. Pretty much no one ever gets excited about Halloween food (candy doesn’t count). Luckily, the Japanese have got us covered. Japanese styled bento boxes are impressive enough as they are, but the Halloween themed bentos some manage to [...]
