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The Garden of Words
The Garden of Words or Kotonoha no Niwa[言の葉の庭] is an upcoming anime film directed by Shinkai Makoto [新海誠] (Voices of a Distant Star, 5 Centimeters Per Second, Children Who Chase Lost Voices) with...
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Japanese School Boys
One for the ladies - photos of the lads taken this week when filming for Culture Japan at Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai High School. They are all wearing a coat called Tokkou Fuku [特攻服] with the kanji...
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Koizumi Amane
For many years I've been a fan of Japanese illustrator Koizumi Amane-sensei [恋泉天音]. I didn't think it would be possible for her to illustrate our Mirai Suenaga for us as she is not a freelancer like...
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Narita Airport Shops
About to leave Japan from a most awesome trip? Suddenly realise that you didn't pick up that certain anime goodie and then its starting to be a not so awesome trip? Devil No Cry! Recently opened at...
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Tokyo Photos 4
The fourth part of the Tokyo Photo series where I aggregate all the latest photos I've been posting to my Instagram account ( http://instagram.com/dannychoo ). While this series is called Tokyo Photos,...
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Japan White Day
Every March the 14th is "White Day" which is today. To make more monies from Valentines day, the Japanese invented "White Day" as an excuse for men to buy candy to give to women in return for the...
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Worldwide Mobile Home Screens
My mobile home screen - I've kept it simple so that I can see our lovely Mirai-chan keeping the icons to a minimum and placing them so that I can see both sets of her eyes ^^;The weather widget is by...
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Anime Conventions
On the 5th of January 2013, we held the very first Culture Japan Night in Penang Malaysia. It was held just after CJ Night Kuala Lumpur so I didn't expect that many to come - maybe about 25 people? How...
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Yokohama in the Winter
The freezing Winter has pretty much come to a close but still have a few photo walk posts from the Japan in the Winter series. Today we take a gander around the Yokohama area which is only 30 mins or...
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C3 HK 2013
The ACG (Anime Comic Games) event C3 Hong Kong took place recently and our resident comrade Stepswalker went along to take some photos for us. As with previous C3's, they had a load of cosplay, figure...
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Learning Japanese
712 people registered to participate in the talk that I gave at Jurong Regional Library on the subject of learning Japanese. Many could not make it because of the here-comes-atlantis torrential rain...
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Image of an Otaku
A popular prime time TV show in Japan had a feature on "How otaku spend their money" but the portrayal wasn't particularly a good one. The feature was basically saying that "all otaku are like this"...
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Tokyo International Anime Fair
The annual anime event Tokyo Anime Fair (TAF) opens to the public tomorrow for two days. If you are thinking of going then this is what you can expect - photos taken yesterday during Business Day. The...
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Tokyo Photos 5
The fifth part of the Tokyo Photo series where I aggregate all the latest photos I've been posting to my Instagram account ( http://instagram.com/dannychoo ). While this series is called Tokyo Photos,...
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Akihabara Shops 5
Its that time of the month where we take our regular look at the latest and greatest from the center of the Earth - Akihabara! This place is packed to the brim with anime, manga, figures, dolls,...
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Tokyo Doll Store DOLK
You into dolls? You be visiting Tokyo soon? Then you is being in need to visit the Doll Store in Akihabara called DOLK. DOLK have everything ranging from wigs, eyes, shoes, clothes, stands and other...
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Figure Giveaway Time
Tis been ages since the last giveaway. Anyway, todays giveaway is being sponsored by the good folks at Toylet who have been in the figure business for ages. They carry a huge selection of figures and...
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Makankosappo
There is a meme going around the Japanese Internets which seem to have been started by Japanese High School Girls called "Makankosappo" [マカンコウサッポウ]. The Kanji is 魔貫光殺砲 and Dragonball fans will know...
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Kuro Usagi Mondaiji
How many of you watched Mondaiji? Was your fave girly Kuro Usagi? If she was then you will like this 1/7 scale figure of her by Alphamax which is now up for pre-order. Great 3D rendition of her 2D...
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Asakusa in the Winter
Still got a small backlog of Japan in the Winter photo posts. Today we take a lookie at Asakusa - a must visit for anybody visiting Tokyo who wants to experience a more traditional Japan. Even though...
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