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Nanohana no Ohitashi

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Nanohana no Ohitashi

The nanohana is known as the “mustard flower” in America. The plant is entirely edible, and it is also the source of healthy Canola oil.

Many Japanese have a complex about their stomachs

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Do you feel reluctant to do something different to most other people? graph of japanese statisticsI’m not really sure how the pie chart I have extracted from this survey by iShare into body complexes relates to the subject, but I thought it was interesting enough to graph.

Japanese Slang: Sagging Pants Kill Dreams

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Olympic dreams that is. I don't watch sporting events, even the Olympics, but escaping news of the pants-sagging scandal was impossible if you live in Japan. In Japan, they call sagged pants 腰パン (koshi-pan) which is made from the words koshi (hip) and pan (pants). Another slang word for this, when it is unintentional, is ハミパン (hami-pan, from hamiwoderu [jut out of bounds] and pantie).

Japanese Ramen

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Nothing like a good bowl of hot ramen in the middle of a winter matsuri. Lots of concentration required to down this when the crowds are around you

Nothing like a good bowl of hot ramen in the middle of a winter matsuri.

Linda Linda Linda Japanese movie and punk anthem

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Linda Linda Linda is a great Japanese movie. The 2005 production is about 4 Japanese high school girls in rural Japan who form a band  so they can perform at the upcoming  school festival. The film...

Godzilla & Hamtaro Wasabi YJ Item!

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Kawaii Hamster in Godzilla clothing!!
Brand new, unopened on YJ now!

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Snoopy Flying Ace USB Hub Can Be Yours For Peanuts

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Snoopy Flying Ace USB Hub Can Be Yours For Peanuts Not really "peanuts", but what goes together better than Snoopy and Peanuts? How about your computer and this cool, 3-port USB hub that evokes everyone's favorite beagle at his Red Baron-busting best?

iPhone outselling all individual netbook vendors

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A recent survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into mobile devices (the fourth time this regular survey was conducted) found that the iPhone far outsold ASUS’s Eee PC, the top netbook.

Demographics

On the 9th of February 2010 1,080 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.1% of the sample were male, 17.0% in their teens, 18.7% in their twenties, 21.2% in their thirties, 16.5% in their forties, and 26.6% aged fifty or older.

Yamanote Line Automatic gates

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Looking back at the Yamanote Line train as it approaches the platform and the test gate section.

Looking back at the Yamanote Line train as it approaches the platform and the test gate section.

sink unclogged!

Japanese sign – Be careful of the elevator door

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This Japanese sign ドアにふれると危険です basically warns little kids to be very careful of the lift (elevator)  door.

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Minute Maid TV commercials in Japan

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Minute Maid ミニッツメイド  (owned by CocaCola) does a lot of advertising in Japan.  Here are some of their cute TV commercials for their various fruit drinks

Minute Maid Japan TV Commercials

Entertainment Cafe Pink Big Pig in Kabukicho

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No, Pink Big Pig located in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo is not some kind of sleazy fetish bar but a Pork themed restaurant,  lounge and karaoke complex .  The restaurant has a buffet that features...

Ultra-light RC Model Plane Floats Like A Butterfly

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Ultra-light RC Model Plane Floats Like A ButterflyLight as a soap bubble and almost as fragile, the radio-controlled model airplane sent aloft by Japanese hobbyists proves that when it comes to flying, less can be more.

Japanese Item Revealed!

Premium Japanese brands preferred for mini-notebooks, netbooks

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What make is your mini notebook? graph of japanese statisticsIn the US and the UK I get the distinct impression that the netbook market is in a rush for the bottom, but here in Japan, premium-priced mini-notebooks seem to be the norm according to this recent survey from Media Interactive reported on by japan.internet.com.

Conbini Monday Wk44

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Some nice looking dorayaki here with strawberry jam on the inner core.

Some nice looking dorayaki here with strawberry jam on the inner core.

Some breads and vitamins to mix up the food at this weeks conbini. Which do you prefer, the healthy or the sweet?

New location-based sento search: SentoNear.me

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SentoNear.me

Ever since I started SentoGuide I thought it would be really need if it would be possible to search for a sento near your current location. This would make it so much easier to find a public bath when you’re traveling around Japan, or even if you’d just like to explore sento in your local area.

Sushi chef cutting live fish oyogu hone video

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A sushi chef  in Japan has mastered the amazing oyogu hone (swimming bones) 泳がしtechnique for serving live fish (sushi).  In the clip from Japanese TV, a young man goes into a shop and asks the man...

Maria Ozawa returns to Macau for Tokyo Nights and 2009 AAE

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Sexy Japanese av idol Maria Ozawa returned to Macau in late November, early December last year to once again perform at the  Rockza night club cabaret show called “Tokyo Nights”.

While in Macau,...

Yamate Tunnel Walk

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Looking back down the Yamate Tunnel towards the entrance.

Looking back down the Yamate Tunnel towards the entrance.

Hating your foreign tour guide

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goo Ranking recently took a look at when people think their tour guide on an overseas holiday is terrible - the foreign in the title refers to the location, as the guides may either be Japanese or local.

What’s so great about Twitter?

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Despite having lots of followers, I still don’t know the answer to the question goo Ranking posed, namely what’s so great about Twitter?

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