September, 2009
I came across this interesting stuffed blowfish. Now you can see why it is called “blowfish” or “ballonfish”. Fugu or blowfish usually have this appearance when they are calm, but when they get angry they inflate themselves until they acquire quite a spherical shape. When they inflate themselves they turn into a balloon with spikes, [...]
There are still many arcade game centers in Japan plenty of video game arcade machines; they are known in Japan simply as “game centers”. One of the companies owning many of the game centers in Japan is Sega. Although Sega stopped producing its own video game consoles a while ago, they have continued until today [...]
The Great Seto Bridge connects the main island of Japan, called Honshu, with the fourth biggest island in the archipielago, called Shikoku. Being a little bit over 13 km long, it is the longest two-tiered bridge in the world, a record that belonged during many years to the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. The [...]
I love this video arranged and with original music by Joan Jiménez showing images from last summer in Tokyo. Reality is the contrast between what we have inside and what exists outside. I invite you to a shared trip to Tokyo where I put eyes and music and you all put the sensations… Switch off [...]
The other day in the Hanabi in Edogawa I had the chance to take quite a few pictures of people wearing yukatas. This light traditional garment can be usually seen in summer, usually in traditional festivals (Matsuri). Apart from being used in summer matsuris, yukatas are also usually worn when going out of the bath [...]
This chocolate and cream cake adorned with cherry tomatoes grabbed my attention. The tomatoes are almost as big as the piece of cake!! What a mix of flavors!! It reminded me of the strawberry sandwiches.
As I’ve finished reading all the books written by Haruki Murakami, I’ve started reading books written by Ryu Murakami. Their names are similar but both authors are very different. Ryu Murakami is also very popular in Japan but he is not very known outside of Japan, he has written more than 20 books and is [...]
This example of Japanglish caught my attention because of its own irony: Other Japanglish examples: Fuculty This vehicle is done to weaken an air conditioner
