Don’t you ever wonder why growing certain plants is against the law? And have you thought of a rational explanation for that? (Just thinking aloud.)
Things are really slow around here all I can take pictures of are flowering plants. The poppies below are your common variety weed, not a source of opium.
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The end of the fiscal year in Japan is fast approaching and it seems everyone is caught up in a great rush to wrap things up and finish deadlines before starting the new year in spring. Reports have to be written, products manufactured in quantity, flaws detected and fixed, inventories counted, resignation letters submitted, contracts [...]
Sometimes when the scenery is flat, it’s much more interesting to take pictures of people. Even of people taking pictures. Of yourself. (Also, it’s even much easier to post pictures here than to blog.)
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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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