One of the rules at the entrance of a club in Shibuya caught my attention: “Excessive Nampa (trying to pick up a member of the opposite sex) will NOT be tolerated.” This is the mentioned sign. Notice the other funny rules like “No sleeping” “Nampa” (軟派 [なんぱ]) can be translated into English as “hitting on [...]

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The other day I was watching the movie “Shogun Assassin” which is based on the manga by Kazuo Koike Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub). The movie was released in 1980 and the truth is that, having read the manga, I wasn’t expecting too much of it, however I have to say that I loved [...]

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