The other day I was watching a Japanese bangumi where they feature famous athletes attempting to perform tasks given them according to their specialties. One of the guests was Shunsuke Nakamura (中村俊輔), the Celtic midfielder. He was tasked to shoot 10 soccer balls over a wall into two rings (one on each upper corner of [...]
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The main reason I read British news sites is because I follow the latest news on the Premiership League. The big four English clubs are of course Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea. But I’m an Arsenal fan and it’s always a special occasion when Arsenal and Manchester United clash. Yesterday Manchester United got unlucky [...]
The Wijk aan Zee chess tournament has started (actually, round 3 had just finished) with 14 supergrandmasters in group A, including the Norwegian prodigy Carlsen.
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- Crazy custom cars in Japan
- 10 awesome views of Tokyo’s Giant Gundam
- Tokyo’s giant Gundam is geared for battle
- Shohei Otomo’s intense illustration art
- iPhone meets Denso robotic arm, coolness ensues
- Tokyo: even the rest rooms are claustrophobic
- Import anime car overload in Tokyo
- Lunar probe Kaguya’s final shots of the Moon
- Hina: nifty little humanoid robot makes coffee — and a cute face while offering it up to you
- memory, a short film by Junichi Yamamoto
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This blog is about robots, gadgets, travel and hiking. In Japan.
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Pink Tentacle
- Ultra Monster paintings by Toshio OkazakiA pair of action-packed Ultraman Monster paintings by Toshio Okazaki were published in Shōgakukan's 1979 edition of Ultra Kaiju (Shōgakukan Nyūmon Hyakka Series #97). [+] [+] Alien Guts, Windam, Gyango, Black End, Kingsaurus III, Bemstar Alien Icarus, Gomora, Muruchi, Alien Baltan, Alien Magma, Kemular Dancan, Giradorus, Astromons Gandar, Gabora, Alien Metron, Agira, Antlar, Seabozu, Woo [...]
Japan Probe
- Girls Generation in JapanThe Korean pop group Girls Generation came to Tokyo last week to give their first Japan concert. Thousands of fans attended their performances and they got a lot of media coverage: A few interesting things about them: Fans seem to really like their legs and their dancing. They have translated their group name into Japanese and use [...]
What Japan Thinks
- Aozora and electronic books in general in JapanIf you’re a learner of Japanese, or just wanting to get hold of classics of Japanese literature, the free repository Aozora is a good place to start, but judging by this survey from goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com into Aozora, it’s not that well-known. Demographics Over the 19th and 20th of August 2010 [...]
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