Ask Udder Smith: Respect for Age Day
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21 Sep 12:06 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Starbucks Mooncake
The Mid-Autumn Festival, or also referred to as the Moon Festival is the popular East Asian celebration marking the end of the summer harves....
21 Sep 2:51 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Charisma man, a manga about a white guy who goes to Japan to pick up girls
I was just clued into an English manga called Charisma Man, about a white guy who was a total loser in America, then moved to Japan where....
21 Sep 1:08 am  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Two twenty-something ex-yakuza who have found God
Last night, as part of our reporting for the upcoming National Geographic TV documentary on the yakuza, the producers and I went out to S....
20 Sep 4:27 pm  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Staying in a Capsule Hotel
JindLee and her friend show the proximity of two capsules in a capsule hotel by JindaLee Lehmann I have often suffered from claustrophobia i....
20 Sep 11:36 am  from  Wide Island View   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tebori: Traditional Japanese Tattooing
by Bob Corlett Tattooing in Japan is unlike tattooing anywhere else in the world. In the West, it is getting to the point now where the tatt....
20 Sep 11:31 am  from  Wide Island View   [Profile]  [Recent] 
San Francisco Moon Festival Recap
A recap of this year’s 20th Annual San Francisco Chinatown Moon Festival. The Festival is a showcase of the community’s cultural assets ....
20 Sep 2:48 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Elegant Nezu Museum garden
The Nezu Museum and its gorgeous Japanese garden are a just short walk from the Nishi Azabu Juban wildness, the Kakuremino bar, and lush si....
19 Sep 9:05 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
UCLA’s Tokyo campus is a seedy bar
We did not go in, but I am told via my Twitter feed that women get a discount. Wish the same applied for college.......
19 Sep 6:56 am  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Man doing dishes naked in Kabukicho
I spent the evening last night in Kabukicho with the National Geographic film crew, wandering around the yakuza-run streets with an amazi....
19 Sep 6:53 am  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo cafe entrepreneurs bring more to the table
It's a book corner, a lounge, a gallery: It's the recently opened Sunday Issue Would you like cinnamon, cocoa or a dusting of nail....
18 Sep 10:00 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Roppongi!
I am grateful for this warm summer night in Roppongi full of drunken eyes and empty taxicabs and sidewalks that audibly warn you to watch....
17 Sep 11:23 pm  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan by the numbers (09.17.10)
59.3% of respondents surveyed by R-Type said that if they won ¥600 million, the first purchase they would make is a home. 46.9% of respond....
17 Sep 4:41 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Love Exposure vs. Battle Royale
Why had I not heard about this movie? Not Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル) – I picked up that DVD a few years ago (in Australia....
17 Sep 10:40 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Privacy not an issue for geolocation apps
Facebook announced that Japan is the second country in the world to receive Facebook Places This week’s news that Japan is the first count....
16 Sep 1:22 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Twitter Manga Comic
Mitaka no Chushin de Nau wo Tsubuyaku (I Tweeted “Now!” at the heart of Mikata), published in July 2010 by Shogakukan is likely the worl....
16 Sep 2:06 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Two events for Photographs lovers
Like Japanese photographers? Look how they are Japanising Modena in Italy!....
15 Sep 5:56 pm  from  Sekaino Nihon the World is Japanising...a bit   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Census – 1970 to Present
History of the United States Census from 1970 to present. Image courtesy of Racebox.org....
15 Sep 12:00 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sunflowers by Tokyo Metro station
Recently I was going into the Tokyo Metro station not far from my house, and I noticed a young woman spraying these blooming sunflowers. Sh....
15 Sep 9:04 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Three Japanese Artist at the Uffizi
On of the most important art museum in the world, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy has received a donation of three paintings from thre....
14 Sep 10:25 pm  from  Sekaino Nihon the World is Japanising...a bit   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Mario’s 25th Anniversary
Mario's first quarter of century! Happy Birthday!....
14 Sep 7:30 pm  from  Sekaino Nihon the World is Japanising...a bit   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Crow Planet’s insights into urban wildness
I am reading Lyanda Lynn Haugpt’s Crow Planet, a book about closely observing city crows that offer many insights on urban wildness. Haug....
14 Sep 9:08 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Lady police officers show off their motorcycle skillz
Only .05% of police officers in Japan are female, and some of them wear cool red uniforms and be badass motorcyclists. Here's a video of t....
14 Sep 7:38 am  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
“Ideological Suicide” to challenge Whalers?
I was fascianted to read in the American Lawyer an interview with an attorney who runs a small firm in Seattle that got caught up in assisti....
13 Sep 9:46 pm  from  Mutant Frog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Fiery (and noisy) Fun at The Tabanka Festival (タバンカ祭) Held at The Venerable Daiho Hachimangu Shrine in Shimotsuma- on September 12th and then AGAIN on the 14th!
Young men dressed in white run around swinging burning bundles of straw at the Tabanka Festival A unique tradition! Tatami mats, wooden kett....
13 Sep 1:53 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Crime
Flipping through recent crime reports, the Japanese magazine Spa! noticed a strange thing. A disproportionate number of perpetrators seemed ....
13 Sep 11:54 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Music for the non-J-POP Fan
by Dave Maat Most Japanese students love J-POP, and knowing the difference between Mr. Children and Hey! Say! Jump!, or being able to say wh....
13 Sep 11:29 am  from  Wide Island View   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Interactive map of Tokyo DIY Gardening
Chris has taken images from last month’s Tokyo DIY Gardening workshop at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, and created an amazing interactive map of Tok....
13 Sep 10:17 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Travis is not a gangsta rapper
My friend Travis is not a gangsta rapper, but when he posed for a photo with a bunch of Japanese youngsters in Tokyo, they flashed friend....
13 Sep 9:03 am  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sensing Nature, at Mori Art Museum
I took a short break from the Epic 2010 ethnography in industry conference to see the Mori Art Museum’s Sensing Nature exhibit. Friends ....
11 Sep 9:04 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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