Recent Posts Tagged With 'japan'

• ultra thin digital booth chick

  Posted on Monday July 13th, 2009 at 21:58 in japan, video

  ultra-thin digital booth chick in japan. 0.3 mm thick rear-projection film with microbead surface applied to 3mm thick glass....

• tokyo time lapse

  Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 13:06 in japan, video

  courtesy of C-Scout Japan....

• 20th Century Boys

  Posted on Sunday June 21st, 2009 at 22:23 in japan, movies

  Saw Chapter 1 of this 20th Century Boy double feature at the NYC Asian Film Festival. Very entertaining flick. Wish I could've stuck around to see Chapter 2, but I had to meet up with friends. Chapter 3 is set for release in Japan later this year. Th...

• monster movie baseball posters

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 07:59 in sports, japan

  cool baseball posters promoting the mediocre chiba lotte marines....

• treehouse diner

  Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 10:01 in japan, food

  Fantasy becomes reality: an actual treehouse restaurant in japan - naha harbor diner. via cyanatrendland....

• utada come back to me video

  Posted on Thursday April 9th, 2009 at 13:25 in japan, music video

  Complex mag has a nice entry on 7 youtube Utada videos with her commentaries. Her new english language album "This is the One" is pretty decent....

• 1970s Japanese electronics

  Posted on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 at 12:00 in technology, japan

  Check out the spaceage tv set. I love looking at old electronics....

• Uniqlo UTxJapan Game

  Posted on Tuesday March 24th, 2009 at 08:32 in japan, fashion

  As an old school video gamer, I approve of these tshirts. Love those old 8-bit vector graphics....

• q-tip does uniqlo

  Posted on Tuesday March 24th, 2009 at 08:31 in japan, video

• nihon town

  Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 06:58 in art, japan

  Nihon Town Poster by Ken Taya is jam-packed with Japanese pop icons (94 to be exact). ...

• japanese real life super mario

  Posted on Tuesday January 13th, 2009 at 22:19 in japan, video

• 51 Japanese characters

  Posted on Monday November 17th, 2008 at 14:56 in japan

  Cool site with accompanying poster/postcard set available for purchase....

• japanese obama

  Posted on Saturday November 15th, 2008 at 08:20 in japan, video

  This is an old bit that aired before the election but its still funny. Japanese comedian Mr. Nocchi impersonates Barack Obama and goes on a mission to meet the real deal at a St. Louis Rally. ...

• death note "the last name"

  Posted on Thursday October 16th, 2008 at 08:25 in japan, movies

  I'm not a huge manga/anime fan, but I really enjoy the Death Note series. The story grapples with interpretations of morality as the powers of death gods are given to characters who are disgusted with a decaying society rife with insufficient justice...

• monkey waiter

  Posted on Wednesday October 8th, 2008 at 09:06 in japan

  Wow this is bananas (pardon the pun)! Check them out at the Kayabukiya tavern in Tokyo. I would tip them well. ...

• guido castagnoli

  Posted on Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 22:38 in japan

  Guido Castagnoli has a nice exhibition at the Sasha Wolf gallery in NYC showcasing his photo series of small town Japan. The color and environment within these photos feel like a step back in time. Most interestingly, the images challenge typical out...

• crazy games

  Posted on Friday September 12th, 2008 at 07:09 in japan

  What's up with the bastardized versions of Japanese game shows on American TV (Wipeout, I Survived a Japanese Game Show, Hole in the Wall)? I'd prefer seeing the original in subtitles like Sasuke aka Ninja Warrior or Unbeatable Banzuke. And won't the...