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Winter 2013 Anime Season Roundup

With the new year comes yet another new anime season. Last season (Fall 2012) boasted a pretty solid lineup, but how will Winter 2013 fare? I watched the best looking ones I could find, and the results might surprise you. Will this be another home run of an anime season, or will this winter be [...]

Empress Jingu and the Mighty Onna Bugeisha

Everybody knows about Japan and their samurai. But did you know men weren’t the only ones being trained to kill, lead, and fight with deadly weapons back in feudal Japan? Lesser known than their male counterparts, the onna bugeisha played an important role in Japan’s history and Empress Jingu is perhaps the most legendary onna [...]

Livetune Makes the Most of Hatsune Miku

I discovered a great band this week and they are called Livetune. We’ve done posts about Hatsune Miku and her Vocaloid powers before, but I’ve never really enjoyed the songs she was featured in. Until now. Their songs are upbeat, catchy, and make some of the best usage of Vocaloid technology in my opinion. For [...]

Japan ReBorn

Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of the Tohoku disaster so I thought it appropriate to waste your Saturday with some “Drive for Tohoku” CMs from Toyota. Toyota has played a large role in funding Japan’s recovery project and these new CMs have Kitano “Beat” Takeshi and Kimura Takuya driving around Fukushima for the sake [...]

How to Drink in Japan

Japan is a delightful place to get your drink on. The drinking age is 20 and public drinking and intoxication are perfectly legal. Not surprisingly, alcohol is a huge part of Japanese culture. Proper drinking etiquette was briefly touched on in my Japanese Etiquette: How to Save Yourself from Embarrassment in Japan post, but I [...]