October, 2007
They are the group of workers who I see every month checking the railway in front of my home. They check every single centimeter and take care that every stone is in its place. The service is not stopped during the maintenance, they just work when there are no trains so they have to stop [...]
Miyamoto Musashi (1584? – 1645), is one of the most well know samurai ever. We already known him from Heroes, but let’s see more in detail who he was. He started his “career” as a samurai when he fought at Sekigahara’s Battle, one of the most important battles in Japanese history. Miyamoto’s people lost the [...]
“Bento” in Japanese means “lunchbox”. “Bento” can be prepared by oneself at home or you can buy it already prepared in “bento” shops or in convinience stores. A typical “bento” has a white rice, pickles and a “main dish”. The way you fit the food inside the “bento” is very important and some people take [...]
Carlos sent me this link with some really intersting rice field pictures. There is a little village in Aomori called Inakadate where every year they make represent an important piece of art using rice fields. This year, they made The great Kanagawa wave. Let’s see the rice fields evolution during the last months. This is [...]
Just watched the last Norton antivirus advertising campaign in Japan. It’s crazy! they have created a super-heroe who represents the antivirus and many insignificant black monsters who represent the viruses. They are doing shows in some of the most important electronics shops in Tokyo. Found these videos at Japanprobe, so you can see what I’m [...]
I found this tag in a shop. Since 1945 until 1952 all products that where exported from Japan to the United States of America had to have a tag with the sentence “Made in occupied Japan” written. Noways when you find something with this tag it’s like a “warranty” that the stuff you are buying [...]
I’ve been some years learning Japanese, during the learning process I’m using many tools, tutorials, resources I found on the net. In this post I will list which I consider the best bookmarks everyone should know if you are in the process of learning Japanese. Grammar: Guidetojapanese: the best web I know to learn the [...]
A while ago, Takeshi Kitano did a special TV show about the one he did in the 80s and 90s called “Owarai Ultra Quiz”. In the show there is George Bush launching missiles to Takeshi, Hard Gay and other Japanese comedians using a satellite. Watch the video, it’s surrealistic.
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