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Nanohana no Ohitashi
Submitted by underpainting on Wed, 2010-03-10 22:16The 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
Submitted by KenYN on Wed, 2010-03-10 17:41
I’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
Submitted by claytonian on Wed, 2010-03-10 13:58Olympic 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).
J News Pic: The Best Bobsled this Side of Jamaica
Submitted by claytonian on Wed, 2010-03-10 13:56Japanese Ramen
Submitted by Shibuya246 on Wed, 2010-03-10 09:28Nothing like a good bowl of hot ramen in the middle of a winter matsuri.
Linda Linda Linda Japanese movie and punk anthem
Submitted by japansugoi on Wed, 2010-03-10 02:09Linda 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!
Submitted by laurelrinkya on Tue, 2010-03-09 23:08Kawaii Hamster in Godzilla clothing!!
Brand new, unopened on YJ now!
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Snoopy Flying Ace USB Hub Can Be Yours For Peanuts
Submitted by Steve Levenstein on Tue, 2010-03-09 21:00
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?
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iPhone outselling all individual netbook vendors
Submitted by KenYN on Tue, 2010-03-09 18:11A 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
Submitted by Shibuya246 on Tue, 2010-03-09 11:51Looking back at the Yamanote Line train as it approaches the platform and the test gate section.
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Japanese sign – Be careful of the elevator door
Submitted by japansugoi on Tue, 2010-03-09 09:09This 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.
Minute Maid TV commercials in Japan
Submitted by japansugoi on Tue, 2010-03-09 06:04Minute 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
Submitted by japansugoi on Tue, 2010-03-09 04:32No, 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
Submitted by Steve Levenstein on Mon, 2010-03-08 22:23
Light 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.
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Japanese Item Revealed!
Submitted by laurelrinkya on Mon, 2010-03-08 19:00Easy one, a clip! 609 yen item price, via Rinkya Stores!
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Premium Japanese brands preferred for mini-notebooks, netbooks
Submitted by KenYN on Mon, 2010-03-08 17:35
In 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
Submitted by Shibuya246 on Mon, 2010-03-08 15:23Some 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?
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New location-based sento search: SentoNear.me
Submitted by jinfonet on Mon, 2010-03-08 04:49Ever 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.
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Sushi chef cutting live fish oyogu hone video
Submitted by japansugoi on Mon, 2010-03-08 01:24A 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
Submitted by japansugoi on Sun, 2010-03-07 22:02Sexy 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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Hating your foreign tour guide
Submitted by KenYN on Sun, 2010-03-07 18:10goo 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?
Submitted by KenYN on Sun, 2010-03-07 18:02Despite having lots of followers, I still don’t know the answer to the question goo Ranking posed, namely what’s so great about Twitter?
Have Japan Rail Pass, will Travel
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T’s Star Diner
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