April, 2011
Custom-kun (カスタム君), is a mascot that I specially like. He is the mascot of the Japanese Customs. Yes, in Japan they come up with kawaii mascots for almost anything, even the Japanese police has its own official mascot. Since some days ago Custom-kun even has his own Twitter account, such an authority
Hansei (反省) is one of the concepts of Japanese culture that has been the hardest for me to fathom, and I believe that I still have a lot to understand and live within Japanese society to understand the concept like a Japanese person. Han (反) means “change”, “to turn something over”, “to see something from [...]
Seen last Sunday in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo.
Rikki Kasso is an American artist that lives in Tokyo. Because of his style I always thought he was Japanese, but it turns out he is not. He is a painter and a movie director; as well as a great photographer, whose photos I love. I have been following his blog Tokyo Undressed for a [...]
I had seen the movie Akira, but I still hadn’t read the manga until recently. My colleague Inata lent me six volumes of the last Japanese edition by Kodansha; in United States they were published by Dark Horse. In comparison to the movie, the manga delves more deeply into the political situation after the 3rd [...]
Witness: Disaster in Japan is a documentary produced by National Geographic that shows us a compilation of videos of what happened on the 11th of March. It shows images from the less affected areas like Tokyo or Saitama, as well as images from the most affected areas, devastated by the tsunami, like Miyagi and Fukushima. [...]
Another weird vending machine coming from Japan, this time “fresh” (?) eggs are on sale. Other posts about vending machines in Japan: New solar-powered Coca-Cola vending machines with LED lights Umbrella vending machine Vending machine with a 47 inches interface Used panties vending machines Women vending machine Porn magazines vending machine Hamburger vending machine Book [...]
I have almost finished watching Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, a 11 episode anime series released in 2009. It is a fiction series based in what could happen in Tokyo if there was a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Tokyo bay. The main characters of the series are two siblings that are enjoying a free day in Odaiba [...]
