Posted in Daily Life, Modern Culture, People, Trivia, tagged carbon footprint, japan, recycling, save the earth on July 10, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The last time I checked, I was very green. By green, I mean earth-friendly; mostly because of the rules and stuff I have to follow because I live in Japan.
My carbon footprint, according to this calculator, is small. My trips home and occasional travels are the only factors that show a significant increase in my [...]
Posted in Events, Festivals, Traditional Culture, Travel, Trivia, tagged hikoboshi, japan, orihime, star festival, tanabata, tenkou on July 6, 2008 | No Comments »
A few years back, I went on a trip to Sendai for the Tanabata Festival. At that time, I was only interested because of the colorful decorations that I heard were so famous. I badgered a Japanese friend to accompany me, and she was so nice she’d even explained everything I thought there was to [...]
Posted in Daily Life, People, Trivia, tagged foreigner in japan, japan, life in japan on April 23, 2008 | 16 Comments »
A few months ago, I blogged about still being a Gaijin in Japan, in this post: Take the Gaijin Test. Recently, I have come to realize I’ve been doing a lot of things I swore I’d never do, and which I poked fun at in the first few months/years I’d been in Japan. Embarrassing [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Food, Trivia on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yakitori(焼き鳥), which is literally grilled bird, is Japanese chicken barbecue on skewers. Over the last few weekends, I’ve been subsisting on a diet of Yakitori and Ramune. Festival stalls often sell Yakitori and other Kushiyaki (串焼き, skewered food). Every time I think of Yakitori, though, I remember this one time when I went to a [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Modern Culture, People, Trivia, tagged japan, ufo catcher on March 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I have a dozen of stories about UFO Catchers… mostly involving people I know who are addicted to them. I’m not that into them myself, but I’m sure if I played it often enough, I could quickly get drawn into the dark side of UFO Catching.
UFO Catchers aren’t a new thing in Japan. In fact, [...]
Posted in Events, Festivals, Food, Travel, Trivia, tagged forecast, hanami, hanami bento, japan, sakura senzen on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One thing I love about Cherry Blossom Viewing is Hanami Bento. Sure it’s just regular bento stuff decorated with sakura-shaped carrots and pink and green dumplings called dango, but it’s really nice to look at. While I have been to a couple of the big parties where karaoke and nama beer are involved, I sometimes [...]
Posted in Modern Culture, People, Trivia, tagged japan, blood type, temperament, personality, ketsuekigata on March 13, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Just like horoscopes are sometimes used to determine the (somewhat generalized) characteristics of people in Western countries, blood types (血液型, ketsueki gata) are used in Japan. Anyone who’s been in Japan long enough, would have been asked what their blood type was (何型？ なにがた？ Nani gata?), then suddenly receive a seemingly knowing nod. [...]
Posted in Events, Modern Culture, People, Trivia, tagged japan, weddings, white weddings on February 19, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This recent article on Japan Probe about Fake Wedding Ministers caught my eye. This is not a new thing in Japan but I have yet to witness one. I have read articles about it in the past. If I remember correctly, a piece was done on these White Weddings a few years back on Metropolis. [...]
Posted in Modern Culture, People, Trivia, tagged funny, japan, japanese television, japanese tv shows, takeshis castle on February 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »
As a kid, I used to watch Takeshi’s Castle with my siblings… Almost everyone in school watched the show because it was really funny: most of the stunts involved men and/or women jumping on giant mushrooms that traveled over muddy pools, then trying to run up a slope-y hill while giant styrofoam balls roll down [...]
Posted in Modern Culture, People, Trivia on February 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
People at work seem to think I am an anime otaku. The thing is though I only really like two anime: Bleach and Rurouni Kenshin. And while I love the animation and the soundtracks of both series, the reason I watch them is because of their stories. Something in the stories really intrigues me and [...]
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This website is designed to introduce you to my ongoing researches for my master thesis. I am a fifth year student in psychology and I am currently enquiring about the look that we, as the human beings, bring upon “Japanese animation”, a derived product of the “manga”.
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