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A Japanese Music Video to Give You Seizures ^_^

A Japanese Music Video to Give You Seizures ^_^ I talked about this song a bit in 2007, but since the blog is so much larger these days, I thought I’d share the love again, especially since I’m behind and needed a quick entry. ^_^;;; The song is Strawberry Chips ~Tanaka Chigai Mix~ by HALCALI,

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Burger King Japan Has "Meat Monster" Sandwich!

Burger King Japan Has “Meat Monster” Sandwich!

Burger King Japan Has “Meat Monster” Sandwich! Leave it to the Japanese to have something awesomely cool like the Meat Monster (remember the Windows 7 Burger?). Basically, this is a Double Whopper with Cheese combined with a Grilled Chicken Sandwich and topped with bacon and other goodies.  I’m told that in Japan, you can get

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Japanese Game Arcade in the Late 70's

Japanese Game Arcade in the Late 70’s

Japanese Game Arcade in the Late 70’s Taito recently released this photo of a game arcade from the late 1970’s in Japan, just when the game Space Invaders was becoming quite popular. Ge-mu (game) NASA is the name of the place and I wish that Taito had released some photos of the inside of the

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Yahoo! Japan Space Invaders

Remembering Space Invaders, Japanese Style

Remembering Space Invaders, Japanese Style On April 1, 2008, TAITO and Yahoo! Japan did a nifty little thing to celebrate the 30th aniversary of the game Space Invaders. TAITO sent out a message to me and some folks a few days ago touting the archived version of the Space Invaders take over of Yahoo! Japan’s

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The Microsoft-Burger King Windows 7 Promo

The Microsoft-Burger King Windows 7 Promo

The Microsoft-Burger King Windows 7 Promo This is old, but in Japan, Microsoft and Burger King did a promotional for Windows 7. *LOL* All I got to say is, “Where’s the cheese?” ^_^; Each patty is a quarter-pound (~113 grams) so you do the math. Here’s a video of someone eating this sucker. Ouch. I

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Japanese Rice Fields Made Into Art -- Whoa!

Japanese Rice Fields Made Into Art — Whoa!

Japanese Rice Fields Made Into Art — Whoa! Who knew that one could make art out of rice fields in Japan? Obviously not I but a little while ago, Major Scott sent me some pictures of this. Apparently, this stuff has been around a few years but it was so cool, I thought I’d share

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The Quest for a Thanksgiving Meal in Tokyo

Tokyocooney has uploaded his humorous video blog post about being an American living in Tokyo during Thanksgiving. I hadn’t paid much attention to it, but he’s right about the lack of ovens in Japan. I don’t use mine so much for meats, but there are several dishes, including Cheese Casserole, that I need a big

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LEGO Pop-up Kinkaku-ji

LEGO Pop-up Kinkaku-ji レゴで飛び出る金閣寺(鹿苑寺)

Here’s a video displaying a Japanese person’s amazing work to create a “pop-up” book of the Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji) in Kyoto, created out of Lego’s. The diorama aspects are amazing enough but add to this that this “book” has a cover as well with an image out of the same Lego blocks

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