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If you’re a Gundam fan, you might be happy to learn that Nippon Travel Agency is now offering the “Green Tokyo Gundam Project Official Tour” through which you can stay at either Grand Pacific Le Daiba or Hotel Nikko Tokyo in Odaiba, where you can gaze at the Giant Gundam from your room and sleep [...]

14 Jun, 2009

Nocturnal Tokyo Gundam photos

Posted by: brb In: Japan| Photos| Robots

Imposing night-time photos of the 30th Anniversary Gundam in Odaiba, Tokyo from Pink Tentacle.

14 Jun, 2009

Apocalyptic Hello Kitty fashion

Posted by: brb In: Japan| Photos

This is, of course, the famous Gas Mask Girl (although she wasn’t wearing a real gas mask).
{Moth Kingdom via かせいさんのクリップ}

Lately, I’m having a “factory fetish”, (or “kōjō moe” as they say in Japanese) after browsing through some fascinating pictures of factories in flickr, especially those of sielbleu, hanazuc, totoon and beef.200%. The photographers kindly let me reproduce their photos here.
There is something fascinating about factories at night: the surreal colors, the dazzling lights, smoke [...]

31 Jan, 2009

The boy who saw too much

Posted by: brb In: Crazy Stuff| Japan| Photos

Whoaa!
The look on the schoolboy’s face is priceless.
Don’t you just love cleaning time after class when you were in grade school? Brings back good memories of classroom camaraderie, of endless chatter, and above all, of cute female classmates.
This little guy will no doubt have fond memories for years to come.

{Source unknown. Looks like a newspaper [...]

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With the coming cold months and longer nights in Japan, colorful lights begin to illuminate countless parks, shopping malls and train stations around the country, providing romantic backgrounds for lovers and urging shoppers and commuters that now is the season to spend your well-earned money to buy gifts for your loved ones.
For avid photographers and [...]


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This blog is about robots, gadgets, travel and hiking. In Japan.

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