So yesterday all I did was go get my hair cut, it was pretty uneventful.No wait.....It was epic.After school, I decided to go to the hair sa....
11 Dec 1:43 pm  from  Alex's Japan Blog   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I just saw a trailer for this Japanese movie, and honestly, it looks like it could be the most hilarious piece of crap movie to ever come ou....
10 Dec 3:12 pm  from  Alex's Japan Blog   [Profile]  [Recent] 

A 10-minute long video with the best of Kojima Yoshio, currently the most popular comedian in Japan. Click Below to Read More....
9 Dec 9:36 am  from  Alex's Japan Blog   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The Todd Blog - My friend Todd's blog, he's currently visiting Japan, so a lot of the posts are Japan-themed and have quite a bit of informa....
8 Dec 9:25 am  from  Alex's Japan Blog   [Profile]  [Recent] 

This list is not based on anything except my completely non-expert opinion.1. Waterboys - Waterboys is my absolute all-time favorite Japanes....
7 Dec 6:01 pm  from  Alex's Japan Blog   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The Japanese government is trying to pass a new internet law that will allow it to regulate the Internet by integrating current laws concern....
7 Dec 11:03 am  from  Alex's Japan Blog   [Profile]  [Recent] 

You do not know how incredibly happy it makes me to be able to say, that despite being deep into October, I have completely no idea how Ohio....
22 Oct 11:08 pm  from  Giant Tiny Land   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Last weekend we went to the Saijo Sake Matsuri (Festival) and tasted a few of the sake available. I know now that I will never be a sake con....
17 Oct 10:02 pm  from  Giant Tiny Land   [Profile]  [Recent] 

A few weekends ago, Gail and visited the industrial port city of Kure. Kure is the birth place of the Yamato and has a museum dedicated to t....
10 Oct 9:16 pm  from  Giant Tiny Land   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I've been in Hiroshima for almost 2 months and have only seen a fraction of the city. In the summer, it bakes in the sun. Women walk under p....
2 Oct 11:07 pm  from  Giant Tiny Land   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Since this weekend was a holiday weekend, Gail and I decided to try and bike the Shimanami Kaido or the series of bridges that link the main....
24 Sep 11:30 pm  from  Giant Tiny Land   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Today Gail and I went to Miyajima Island to see the Itsukushima Shrine. Of course we took a ton of photos and I will link to the album below....
18 Sep 10:15 pm  from  Giant Tiny Land   [Profile]  [Recent] 

My school sits almost on top of one of the mountains that surround Hiroshima. The road to it is long and arduous, winding its way through th....
29 Aug 12:34 am  from  Giant Tiny Land   [Profile]  [Recent] 

We have finished up with the prefectural orientation and now Gail is sufficiently freaked about the bugs, mold, and trash sorting. You must ....
15 Aug 2:27 pm  from  Giant Tiny Land   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I DISCOVERED Kunimoto Takeharu and his Appalachian shamisen while listening to Night Essay on NHK AM as I worked late on a translation. Any ....
6 Jan 9:46 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Skeptics suggest the ninja and the techniques they practice are more myth and mutant turtle than martial arts, dismissing it as Oriental dir....
5 Jan 11:47 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent]