Archivo para el mes April, 2008

Picture aging filter

Por kirai el 11 de April de 2008 en Photography

I’ve been using this interesting online photo aging tool made by a lab here in Japan, the site is in Japanese but using it is really straightforward, the language shouldn’t be a problem. These are my results using some of my pictures from my Flickr account. View original picture View original picture View original picture [...]

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The least religious countries

Por kirai el 10 de April de 2008 en Society

A study made by Pitzer concludes that Sweden, Vietnam, Denmark, Norway and Japan are the least religious countries in the world. The United States is one of the countries at the end of the list. It’s interesting that the US is the country with less percentage of atheists and Vietnam is the one with more [...]

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IKEA train

Por kirai el 10 de April de 2008 en Trains

IKEA announced a new shop in Kobe, for promotion purposes they decorared a monorail using their sofas. That should be a perfect train if you want to sleep! This pictures are not mine, I picked them from this and this blog. More info about the new IKEA, access map and how to finde the Kobe [...]

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You can’t look

Por kirai el 10 de April de 2008 en JapaneseIdols,JapaneseTV

More Japanese TV, this thime is an idol called Hitomi Aizawa who has to provoke a laying man. The objective is to tease him until he opens his eyes and then… Via Dannychoo news.

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Temple inside a trunk

Por kirai el 09 de April de 2008 en Traditional

I found this interesting “minitemple”/”relic” walking somewhere in a lost place in Setagaya, one of my favorite neighbourhoods in Tokyo.

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5.5 terapixel camera

Por kirai el 09 de April de 2008 en Gadgets

Jim found it before me! It’s the famous 5.5 terapixel camera. I can’t wait to buy one of these

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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Por kirai el 08 de April de 2008 en Books,Traditional

My mother recommended me a novel called The Temple of the Golden Pavilion written by Yukio Mishima. The main character is a buddhist monk who is obsessed with the beauty of the Golden Pavilion(Kinkaku-ji – 金閣寺), he is so obsessed that the image of the temple starts to appear in his mind when having sexual [...]

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Hanami

Por kirai el 07 de April de 2008 en JapaneseCulture

Hanami (花見 – flower, see) is a Japanese tradition where people enjoys contemplating flowers. People goes wherever there are blossomed trees and do picnics below them. The most important hanami season happens when the cherry trees blossom (Sakura), it happened here in Tokyo two weeks ago and it’s finished by now. This year we had [...]

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