February, 2010
When we were on our way to the abandoned hospital we bumped into this strange car. It reminded me of the Studio Ghibli artworks. The car design looks like it has just come out from a Hayao Miyazaki movie. The readers of my Spanish blog found out that it is a Nissan S-Cargo and only [...]
The other day I was in a sushi restaurant where they had this picture at the entrance: Unfortunately that big sushi was not on the menu! However the sushi that we got was excellent. If you want to try some really good sushi, you can find the restaurant near Shinjuku 3-Chome.
We recorded the Aho aho zombies video in an abandoned hospital at the outskirts of Tokyo. The hospital is kind of like a Gunkanjima but on a smaller scale. It was interesting to see the machinery of an old operating room from the 60′s or the prehistoric electronics of the elevators. But the most interesting [...]
Some days ago I realized that I usually pass by the front of a bar called “Shinchan”, just like the main character of the manga Crayon Shin-chan! I don’t think the name of the bar comes from the manga, as Shinchan is a common nickname for people named Shinnosuke; however it caught my attention. Maybe [...]
Japan is home to the weirdest drinks in the world, like for example the Pepsi Cucumber. A brand new chocolate-flavored soda has been recently launched to the market by Suntory. Today before coming to work I stopped by at the conbini (abbreviation of “Convenience Store”) and bought a bottle of Suntory’s newest product called Sparkling [...]
Like almost everywhere in the world, Valentine’s day was celebrated two days ago in Japan; here the tradition says that girls have to give presents to boys, specially chocolate. In a shop in Tokyo where chocolate was being sold, a curious machine was set up so that girls could use it to “telepray” in order [...]
Giga Pudding is a kit commercialized by Takara Tommy to easily prepare gigantic puddings. This promotional video of the Giga Pudding is just… awesome! You can buy Giga Pudding here. Instructions on how to prepare Giga Pudding.
Yabusame is considered as one of the most divine martial arts practiced in Japan. The Japanese government DOESN’T consider it a sport but a traditional ritual that consists of shooting with a bow to different targets while riding a horse. Yabusame is practiced in a 255 meter long track where there are three targets that [...]
