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Thank you Singapore 2011!
Had an incredible time in Singapore over the past 9 days. AFA was just incredible. I want to say special thanks to Kodomut, Alvin, Tatsuya, Alafista, Dcal, Shane, Marcus, papershot, Scorch and Kaisheng...
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Tokyo Arrival 5
Just got back to Tokyo. Had not been felling too well since I arrived in Singapore but couldn't afford to get sick so I held it off until I got back to Japan - then came down with a fever as soon as I...
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Kashiwazaki Sena
Arael shows off his absolutely gorgeous custom Kashiwazaki Sena from Boku Wa Tomodachi Ga Sukunai. Arael's photos originally shared on the figure community site figure.fm. There is a poll embedded in...
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Moekana
Moekana [萌え仮名] is the start of the Japanese learning series brought to you by the Culture Japan label. It features the artwork of Ikkyuu-san where Mirai Suenaga, Haruka Suenaga and Kanata Hoshikawa...
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Chiwa Saito
I regularly work with quite a few voice actresses and recently got to work with Chiwa Saito at the Anime Festival Asia - she is one of the nicest persons I've ever met!For folks who are not familiar,...
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AFA 11 Culture Japan Booth
Photos of my Culture Japan/Mirai Suenaga booth at the Anime Festival Asia 2011. Thanks once again to Kodomut, Alvin, Tatsuya, Alafista, Dcal, Shane, Marcus, papershot, Scorch and Kaisheng for setting...
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X-Men Cyclops Cosplay
A cheap but effective method for X Men Cyclops cosplay. Just get yourself a banana and then place it over your eyes. It can be any banana - even a green one. Try to make sure the banana is fresh or you...
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Queens Gate Marron
Review and giveaway time! One of you will be the owner of this absolutely gorgeous figure of Marron=Macaron from Queens Gate. Folks who are into the figma scene will know that you can only get your...
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Gundam Giveaway
More giveaways! But before that, some background on the giveaway...Once upon a time back in 2004, I used to write about Gundam every day! I was still a salary man at Amazon and actually had time to...
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2011 Thanksgiving Giveaway
Its Thanksgiving which means its either time to giveaway a plate of Sashimi or 100 USD of whatever you want - I guess the latter would be more appealing to you so get along to J-List and choose up to...
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AFA 2011 Stage Events
Had a most awesome time at AFA11 this year where I spent most of my time on stage as MC. I had the pleasure of working with:- LiSA Chiwa Saito Haruhiko Mikimoto FLOW Ichiro Mizuki Go Nakanishi Tow...
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A Day in Tokyo 6
Photos taken throughout today on the Sony NEX-5N which just came back from repairs. Wee too much going on of late with most of my time taken up with TV production of Culture Japan. Season 2 comes to an...
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Kawaii in Oxford English Dictionary
The Japanese term Kawaii [かわいい] has been in urban dictionaries for a while now but its finally made its debut into the Oxford English dictionary."kawayusu" [かわゆす] is the short form of "Kawaii Desu" and...
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A Day in Tokyo 7
Recording 2 studio episodes for Culture Japan with my AFA co-host Yoshimi in the office - and had a few readers come to join in on the fun n games. Filming for most of the day and then its off to treat...
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SoniComi
A load of Super Sonico goodies arrive just in time to film this weeks Culture Japan - the most important goodie of the bunch being her new game SoniComi which also has a guest appearance by Mirai...
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Ahoge
When I wake up in the morning, my hair is usually all over the place. But today for some reason, I woke up and discovered that I grew an ahoge just like Mirai-chan. Like father like daughter?Ahoge...
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Tilt Shift Tokyo
Photos taken around my neighborhood in Musashikoyama, Meguro. Whenever I get hold of a new camera, I need a few months to get used to it - or it needs a few months getting used to me ^^; Lately I got...
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Culture Japan trends on Twitter
"I can die happy now" was the first thing I said to myself when the tag for my TV show Culture Japan (#culturejapan) became a Twitter Trend in Japan today. This had always been a goal of mine. Culture...
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K-on! Movie
The K-ON! movie is currently in cinemas across Japan and some of the trains are plastered with the K-ON! girls. Stations are gradually being fitted out with safety barriers - this is the Yamanote line...
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K-ON! Goods
The convenience store Lawson has a ton of K-ON! goodies to coincide with the release of the Movie - this Yui Hirasawa from my local store at Musashikoyama station ^o^It also looks like Yui found...
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