Port Royal Marine Lab and Boat Tour

On the last Sunday of October I went on another monthly trip with my friends in the One Love photography group on Flickr. The

Sorakara-chan – Tokyo Sky Tree mascot

Tokyo Sky Tree is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower under construction in Sumida ward of Tokyo, Japan that is

Wafrica – a Fusion of Japan and Africa

Serge Mouangue, a Tokyo-based concept car designer for Nissan with roots in Africa. Kururi, is a kimono maker who for over 15

Star Driver – First Impressions

The second of the three series on my interesting Fall 2010 anime list after Iron Man to get the first impressions treatment is

Zombie VS Japanese kids – Happy Halloween

I have never been much of a Halloween person, something about a day for the dead doesn’t go down too well for a wuss lik

Operation Visit Japan – October 2010 Report

It has now been 10 months or over 300 days or over 7200 hours or over 432000 minutes since Operation Visit Japan was started ^

New Phone acquired! – HTC Legend

I have been longtime admirer of the Android mobile operating system since it was first announced and for the longest while had

HRP-4 Humanoid Robot

The HRP line of humanoid robots from Kawada Industries and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and

Iron Man Anime – First Impressions

The first anime from my interesting Fall 2010 anime list to get the first impressions treatment is the one I am most excited a

Sunao ni Narenakute – The Twitter J-Dorama

I’ve been missing from the Japanese drama scene for a while now but for the last couple months I have been sneaking in a

End Water Poverty – Blog Action Day 2010

Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. The

I’ve acquired a Unicorn Gundam Gunpla Kit!

I haven’t built a new Gundam model in quite a while, the last one I put together was the GN Archer just about a year ago

inter // states by Samuel Cockedey

I am a sucker for time-lapse videos so much so that I am considering doing one for Kingston when I have the right camera equip

Super Mario Bros 25th Anniversary

Nintendo is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Super Mario Bros. The more famous of the brothers Mario is an international s

Interesting Fall 2010 Anime

End of Summer already? Too bad? Yes I know but there is one thing to take heart from, the beginning of an all new season for a

Genki Sudo’s World Order Album Music Videos

My occasional foray into Japanese popular music or J-pop unearths some real gems from time to time and I think I have found an

Highschool of the Dead – Anime Review

The first anime to make it unto my interesting summer 2010 anime list was Highschool of the Dead. Wouldn’t say I’v

Operation Visit Japan – September 2010 Report

I am now nine months into Operation Visit Japan which means I am now past the halfway point and pretty soon I’ll be head

Fullmetal Alchemist Postage Stamp Giveaway!

The people who run the Japanese postal System are obviously cool people and from time to time they issue limited edition stamp

Tokyo Game Show 2010 Cosplay

New video games are nice and although Tokyo Game Show is held once a year to showoff the latest and best from most Japanese ga

Japan seeks CARICOM’s Cooperation

Japan recently hosted the foreign ministers of a couple Caribbean islands at a meeting in Tokyo called the Japan-Caricom minis

Seya Police Station’s new Kawaii Mascots

Japan is well renowned to be a land of lovers of all things cute. Hello Kitty and Pikachu are two of the biggest starts in Jap

Black Rock Shooter OVA Anime Review

I was originally drawn to Black Rock Shooter because of the character designs, the dark tones and somewhat unique look to the

Shinkansen Chopsticks FTW!

I saw something recently that made me realize realize something very very important – I love Japanese trains more than S