It’s a Conspiracy
If there is someone who can make forget about Bejewel Blitz and stay up really late to read, that person got to be Higashino Keigo. How I wi....
25 Sep 10:24 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Children of Water – Kyoto Premiere!
Picture courtesy of Roger Walch Regular readers will remember that just over a year ago I interviewed Roger Walch and Ted Taylor about the....
23 Sep 2:53 pm  from  deep kyoto   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Capoeira as a cross-training tool
Not too long ago, I was responding to a comment made in a previous entry I had written about correlations between Capoeira and Break dancing....
22 Sep 4:44 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
MSI Announces World’s First Multitouch 3D AIO PC
Touted as the world’s first 3D all-in-one computer, MSI’s Wind Top AE2420 all-in-one PCs will appear in stores in North America this mo....
15 Sep 11:48 am  from  Akihabara News   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Box Office: Aug 21 – Aug 27
Japanese Box Office: Aug 21 – Aug 27 Number 1: Movie: Hanamizuki (ハナミズキ) Weekend Box Office (US$): $4,670,787 Cumulative ....
11 Sep 6:22 pm  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Box Office: Aug 14 – Aug 20
Japanese Box Office: Aug 14 – Aug 20 Number 1: Movie: Toy Story 3 Weekend Box Office (US$): $6,272,089 Cumulative Take (US$): $96,2....
11 Sep 6:21 pm  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Resident Evil and Upcoming Japanese Movies
I recently had my review of Resident Evil: Afterlife published on Blogcritics. It opened last week here in Japan, but should open tonight i....
11 Sep 12:54 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Box Office: Aug 7 – Aug 13
Japanese Box Office: Aug 7 – Aug 13 Number 1: Movie: Toy Story 3 Weekend Box Office (US$): $4,923,436 Cumulative Take (US$): $77,91....
10 Sep 6:27 am  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Box Office: Jul 31 – Aug 6
Japanese Box Office: Jul 31 – Aug 6 Number 1: Movie: Toy Story 3 Weekend Box Office (US$): $7,140,247 Cumulative Take (US$): $62,60....
10 Sep 6:26 am  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Box Office: Jul 24 – Jul 30
Japanese Box Office: Jul 24 – Jul 30 Number 1: Movie: Inception Weekend Box Office (US$): $7,837,192 Cumulative Take (US$): $8,915,....
10 Sep 6:26 am  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Box Office: Jul 17 – Jul 23
Japanese Box Office: Jul 17 – Jul 23 Number 1: Movie: The Borrowers (借りぐらしのアリエッティ) Weekend Box Office (US$)....
10 Sep 6:25 am  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Film Binge: Charisma by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
I just watched Charisma by Kiyoshi Kurosawa on cue from my copy of A Hundred Years of Japanese Film by Donald Richie. This is a film I can....
8 Sep 12:27 pm  from  Japannewbie   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Isn't it good, Norwegian wood?
Murakami Haruki, definitely a name that is not strange to post modern literature readers out there. Considered as one of the “world’s gr....
7 Sep 11:12 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Film Binge: Yukinojo Henge
I recently got a copy of A Hundred Years of Japanese Film by Donald Richie, so I have been looking up the titles mentioned in the book and....
3 Sep 8:59 pm  from  Japannewbie   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Rashomon Movie Event @ KPIC
Here’s one for the movie buffs. Kurosawa Akira’s classic movie Rashomon will be screened at Kyoto Prefecture International Center on Sep....
30 Aug 9:38 pm  from  deep kyoto   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Obon vacation part 6: 借りぐらしのアリエッティ @ The MOT
At the beginning of August I went to see the new Studio Ghibli film, 借りぐらしのアリエッティ (Karigurashi no Arrietty, or The B....
30 Aug 2:21 pm  from  Haikugirl   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Umezu Movie Posters
When we first started this blog, I did a few posts on my Japanese movie poster and flyer collection but stopped for reasons I can't remember....
23 Aug 11:10 pm  from  Tokyoscum   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Clearly Kawaii Culture Within Marie Antoinette's Stills
I truly don't know what came first, kawaii's reinterpratation of Marie Antoinette or Sofia Coppola's film. All I know is that for as much ....
22 Aug 3:53 am  from  Dropdeadkawaii   [Profile]  [Recent] 
GZA’s Wu-Tang Clan Documentary
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22 Aug 1:14 am  from  Yo Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
New Ghibli movie
Do you know the Japanese animation studio 「スタジオジブリ」 (Ghibli Studios)? It is the movie studio of master animator 宮崎駿....
18 Aug 12:06 am  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
原爆記念日
Today is the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of 広島 (Hiroshima, Japan). And every year on August 6th in Hiroshima and August 9th i....
6 Aug 1:22 am  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
2010 Kanazawa Film Festival
SHOCK! FEAR! BIZARRE HAPPENINGS! True to the sensational headlines on the marquis, this year's Kanazawa Film Festival, subtitled "Ghost Sto....
5 Aug 7:53 pm  from  Tokyoscum   [Profile]  [Recent] 
INCEPTION
Did you watch "INCEPTION" already? My darling and I watched it on Saturday. It's a must-watch movie :D Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skille....
2 Aug 1:56 pm  from  Create Eat Happy   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Box Office: Jul 10 – Jul 16
Japanese Box Office: Jul 10 – Jul 16 Number 1: Movie: Toy Story 3 Weekend Box Office (US$): $11,034,083 Cumulative Take (US$): $11,....
1 Aug 12:00 am  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Box Office: Jul 3 – Jul 9
Japanese Box Office: Jul 3 – Jul 9 Number 1: Movie: Bayside Shakedown 3 (踊る大捜査線 THE MOVIE 3) Weekend Box Office (US$): ....
31 Jul 11:34 pm  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Box Office: Jun 26 – Jul 2
Japanese Box Office: Jun 26 – Jul 2 Number 1: Movie: Kokuhaku – 告白 (Confessions) Weekend Box Office (US$): $3,243,949 Cumulat....
31 Jul 10:59 pm  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Box Office: Jun 19 – Jun 25
Japanese Box Office: Jun 19 – Jun 25 Number 1: Movie: Kokuhaku – 告白 (Confessions) Weekend Box Office (US$): $3,162,359 Cumula....
31 Jul 10:52 pm  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Box Office: Jun 12 – Jun 18
Japanese Box Office: Jun 12 – Jun 18 Number 1: Movie: Kokuhaku – 告白 (Confessions) Weekend Box Office (US$): $3,078,318 Cumula....
31 Jul 10:34 pm  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Box Office: Jun 5 – Jun 11
Japanese Box Office: Jun 5 – Jun 11 Number 1: Movie: Kokuhaku – 告白 (Confessions) Weekend Box Office (US$): $2,935,807 Cumulat....
31 Jul 10:07 pm  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Learn Kansai-ben from Daichen
Learn Kansaiben the Daichen style! (チンピラ？） In order to, “add value,” I have provided the Japanese text of the Kansai-ben. ....
31 Jul 5:19 pm  from  Japannewbie   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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