Tag: japan
group name: japanophiles
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April 27, 2007 12:17 AM EDT --
Eight-Hundred Degree Sauna We are driving to the “Eight-Hundred Degree Sauna”. Beth, Marianne and I are accompanying Masae Masuda to the Aeon Mall for an onsen spa experience. . . . more
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April 23, 2007 11:50 PM EDT --
Homemade Soba Noodles
“My wife’s mother is making soba noodles for us for dinner.” Buddhist Monk Yoshihiro Unezawa told me and made a circular motion with his hands - the . . . more
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September 10, 2006 09:53 AM EDT --
We have several script competitions in Japan.
All competitions are free.
You don't have to pay the entry fee.
This is an advantage of Japanese competitions.
Some of them is held by TV company, so if . . . more
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September 09, 2006 09:06 AM EDT --
A journalist's blog is "Burned" in Japan.
Actually some famous person's bolgs are burned recently.
"Burn" means that the users give 1000 more comments, including agree/disagree, . . . more
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April 27, 2007 09:38 AM EDT --
Artist: Gackt
Album: Mars
Release date: 4/26/00
Download link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5Z5SRT3P
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmlMM_lbU0g
English translation: http://www.senshigakuen.com/translations/lyrics/gackt/mirror.htm . . . more
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October 02, 2006 06:36 PM EDT --
Hundreds of dark suits, carry satchels,
pack the evening train in a nightly procession.
Their children are safe, the street is clean,
they arrive in time for dinner.
This is Japan.
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April 22, 2007 09:14 PM EDT --
Artist: Arashi
Members: (from left to right in the picture) Ninomiya Kazunari (Nino), Ohno Satoshi, Matsumoto Jun (MatsuJun), Aiba Masaki, Sakurai Sho
Album: Iza, Now!
Release date: 7/21/04
Download . . . more
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April 25, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
Artist: L'arc~en~Ciel
Members: Hyde (vocals, guitar), Tetsu (background vocals, bass), Ken (guitar), Yukihiro (drums)
Album: True
Release date: 12/12/96
Download link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3LP5R15R . . . more
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August 12, 2008 11:49 AM EDT --
Taken from Learn Japanese Today :
So I’ve been talking a lot lately about this anime I’m watching, Eyeshield 21. As I’ve mentioned earlier, the big draw it has for me is that it’s about American . . . more
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July 20, 2007 09:34 PM EDT --
Photo Essay Contest
When a Japanese person is at work or at the ever-present social event after work, their family is traditionally excluded. A fellow worker would never mention . . . more
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April 23, 2007 08:03 PM EDT --
Artist: Gackt
Album: Crescent
Release date: 12/3/03
Download link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HPLF13D0
Video link: http://www.veoh.com/videos/e161287PxS2BAne
(video also has White Eyes . . . more
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July 21, 2008 12:01 PM EDT --
Taken from Learn Japanese Today :
Now that I've given you a great website reading tool via Rikai.com , why not take it for a spin?
Reading online Japanese newspapers as a great way to read . . . more
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September 09, 2006 08:27 PM EDT --
The ebb and flow of New York neighborhoods is a great example of how cities evolve.
When I attended Pratt Institute in the late 1970s, the East Village neighborhood in Manhattan along St. Marks Place . . . more
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August 19, 2006 08:15 AM EDT --
Do you know a Japanese trend word "Moe"?
Are you familiar with Otaku culture in Japan?
I worked as a scenario developer for those kinds of video games, wrote a screenplay's treatment that . . . more
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August 08, 2006 08:08 PM EDT --
The destination , Niigata terminal, was a busy town center with a good share of hotels within an easy walk. So, once again I found a hotel and asked for a room. Sorry. Japanese only. This was a first. . . . more
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September 13, 2006 10:52 AM EDT --
Men's names of the Royal family are settled as "hito" with a same Kanji.
Princess Kiko's baby has named as "Hisahito" under this arrangement.
We can not name our sons as "hito" . . . more
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December 08, 2007 11:47 PM EST --
There is a tiny, family owned 'factory' in Mashiko, Japan. It's one of the few places in the world that still makes fabric and colors it with natural Indigo dye. The dye is made . . . more
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July 23, 2008 04:51 AM EDT --
The Daily Yomiuri is available in English and Japanese .
To read the Japanese version, I recommend utilizing Rikai.com’s reading tool .
Alright, I just had a long day at work, so I’m . . . more
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August 12, 2008 11:43 AM EDT --
Taken from Learn Japanese Today :
So I’ve been watching a lot of Eyeshield 21 lately, an anime about American football, and I’ve been using it to find new sentences to put in my SRS to study. . . . more
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January 11, 2007 10:46 PM EST --
The currency in Japan is the Yen. One yen, is equivalent to one US penny (in terms of denomination, if not value).
But you cannot use the term 'yen' in Japan, without raising a questioning . . . more
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