Tits milk
“Tits/boobs milk” is what it’s written in Japanese in the flag next to an ice cream place in this picture: The ice cream made from “tits milk” was pretty good
Archivo para el mes November, 2007
Black and white geisha
I while ago I took some pictures of geishas/geikos dancing. Unfortunately, light was not good and my color pictures are crap, I converted them to black and white and the result is not that bad. Highres pic
Giant jellyfish
“Echizen Kurage” in Japanese or “Nomura’s Jellyfish” in English are the biggest jellyfish in the world, they inhabit between Japan and China’s sea. Nomura’s Jellyfish can as big as two meters and weight 200 kg. Autumn is the season when more Nomura’s Jellyfish can be seen (they usually get trapped into fishermen nets). Next, some [...]
The art of happiness
Just finished reading “The art of happiness” , a book I bought after reading Joi’s post about it. It’s a book written by psychiatrist( Howard C.Cutler) and Dalai Lama. I liked it a lot because it’s not only talking about happiness but also about ethics and how to live in harmony within this world. It’s [...]
Japanese with superpowers
Found this amazing video procrastinating using Youtube, it features some “normal” Japanese who are able to do some extraordinary things.
New skyscraper in Shinjuku
At the East side of Shinjuku there are many skyscrapers. There is a new one, that is being built that caught my attention. It has a characteristic shape that reminds me the Agbar tower in Barcelona or Dubai’s Burj_Al_Arab building. The new Shinjuku skyscraper will be called “Shinkousha” and it will be 203.65 meters tall. [...]
My chopsticks bra
“My chopsticks bra” is how the “Triumph International” marketing team decided to name their new ecologic bras. In Japanese restaurants they usually give you disposable wood chopsticks, it’s not a very ecological practice. Some people decided to promote the use of “My chopsticks” (“Mai Hachi”), it means that you have to bring your own chopsticks [...]
PC market shrinking in Japan
Read this article about how “keitai” (Japanese mobile phone) market is affecting personal computer market. Japan is going to be the first developed country in the world where the PC market shrinks. All major traditional personal computer makers such as Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony, Fujitsu, NEC… are now pretty focused on developing mobile devices. Japanese kids [...]
