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Japanese Retro Games
As its name suggests - Super Potato is a fortress filled with retro games covering all eras - everything from Nintendo Game Watch to PC Engine, Megadrive, Super Famicom, Dreamcast and more.Today we are...
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Moekanji
Thanks to you, Moekana was an overnight success which sold out during the pre-order period leading to a second production run. Through my own experience of learning Japanese, I wanted to make Japanese...
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Mount Fuji
Spent last Sunday near Mount Fuji doing some filming. Been living in Japan for about 13 years and realized that we should have done this more often! Was a gorgeous sunny day and we were just in time...
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Mirai Suenaga Kigurumi
Kigurumi - a sign that your mascot character has finally made it big time ^^; This Kigurumification of our mascot character Mirai Suenaga by Haru. Photos by Hoson/Danny - uniform available for purchase...
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Medicom Madoka
Recently we saw a review of Real Action Heroes Black Rock Shooter White Edition and today we take a lookie at an up n coming release - "REAL ACTION HEROES MGM : Madoka Kaname." She is about 30cm tall...
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Ita Curtain
Mentioned it in the previous Desk Diary when we moved office but wasn't too keen on the curtains - so I went and made my own ^^;For a wee bit, we were using Yuzusoft tapestries as curtains ^^I...
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Karuizawa
Managed to take a day off to get out of Tokyo and went to a town called Karuizawa [軽井沢] in the Nagao prefecture. Karuizawa has a population of 17,833 and is recognized particularly as a summer retreat...
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Shinshu Ueda
Located towards the North of Tokyo in the Nagano Prefecture is Shinshu Ueda [信州上田[しんしゅううえだ]] - the home of Summer Wars and Sengoku Basara. After leaving Tateshina, wifey and I drove up to Shinshu Ueda...
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Japan Eclipse
This morning, the annular solar eclipse was visible from Japan and millions took to the streets to glare up at the "ring of fire" - called Kinkan Nisshoku [金環日食[きんかんにっしょく]]。 I only had my Sony NEX 5N...
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Tokyogram
Been playing around with Instagram of late - the mobile app that allows you to easily snap and share to multiple social networks. I currently use it to update my Facebook and Twitter.It really is hard...
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Fist of the North Star Commercial
Looks like this commercial has been out for a while but only just saw it on TV the other day - and one of the first anime titles that I saw too! Fist of the North Star x Black Black Gum - depending on...
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Singlish Language Proficiency Test
All this Singlish study is driving me siao but need to continue so that folks can actually understand what I'm saying when MC'ing at AFA Singapore later this year. I heard that if I pass the SLPT...
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Tokyo Today 4
Attempting to try to bring you more life from Tokyo as it happens using Instagram. All these are posted live from my iPhone to my Facebook, Twitter and now Tumblr. This batch of photos actually taken...
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How To Make an Itachari
I skipped the Itachari and made two Itasha instead - the Nissan March and recently the Nissan Dualis - but! The circle had to be complete so I recently made my road bike into a Mirai Suenaga...
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Anime Expo x Culture Japan
Anime Expo and I have been working on this years program guide for the past few weeks and its finally done! The artwork was directed by myself and put together by my illustrator Pinakes. The artwork...
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Japanese Pets
Look closely before you pick these up at the super market thinking that they are salads - because they are actually beetles.One of the most interesting aspects of Japanese culture I've seen is that...
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Racing Miku Giveaway
Recently had a giveaway to win this Racing Miku from Good Smile Company over at Facebook - winner announced this morning. But the nice folks at Hobby Search are offering another Racing Miku as a...
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Mirai Suenaga Cosplay
Ladies around the world like to cosplay as Mirai Suenaga and if I was a lady too then I would probably do so - but wait - I *can* cosplay as Mirai during the evenings. If you have cosplayed as Mirai...
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Places to visit in Japan
Thought I'd put together some of the photo posts that I've written about various places to visit in Japan - how many of these places have you been to? Places to visit in Japan Shinshu Ueda Karuizawa...
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Yuzuriha Inori Dollfie
A Dollfie Dream gets the Guilty Crown treatment - Yuzuhara Inori custom work by Kuraikawaii - make up by Hikaru132. She's such a cutie!
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