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Win a copy of NihongoUp

I teased it a few days ago in my review and as promised I have teamed up with Philip Seyfi of NihongoUp to give visitors to Ja

Tokyo and Yokohama at High Speed

My interest in time lapse videos of Japan continues. I surfed into my latest favourite by Andreas Doppelmayr a few days ago en

NihongoUp – Japanese educational game

My study of the Japanese language is a stop and go process but I have been making a lot of progress lately. On the reading sid

Robo-Geisha – movie trailer

Robo-Geisha is one of those movies that you will either love or not even try to watch in the first place. Japan is known for s

Gundam Astraea Type-F Figure

My journey as a newbie figure collector continues with my latest figure being the Gundam Astraea Type-F. The Astraea is a prot

Japan’s Obsession with Blood Types

A few days ago I was asked to donate blood  for a coworker’s father who was about to undergo an operation. A few years

I Speak Japanese – Japan focused Videos

For the past few months I have been enjoying an excellent blog called I Speak Japanese more specifically their video entries e

BBC fast:track in Tokyo

While checking out BBC World News recently I saw a very interesting episode of their travel program called Fast Track. I’

Giant Robot Statue to be displayed in Kobe

Tokyo may be the capital of Japan but that doesn’t mean that it’s the only city allowed to enjoy an awesome 1:1 gi

Firefox 3.5 Released – Upgraded Yet?

Firefox 3.5 was released with a long list of new features, functions, updates and tweaks. I’ve been taking the new versi

i-Real Personal Mobility Vehicle by Toyota

Japan keeps coming up with more and more exotic uses for technology, but what might seem strange and almost humorous now might

K-ON! Anime Review

K-ON! is one of those anime you end up watching after hearing everybody talking about it and seeing it being mentioned everywh

Japan an Illustrated History

I haven’t been reading as much as I used to lately. In between work, video games, anime, blogging, TV, the internet and

Japan to use Point System for Foreigners

The government of Japan is planning to introduce a point system for foreigners wishing to live and work in Japan similar to on

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was my  most anticipated movie off my must watch summer 2009 movie list. After going into

I Like searching with Bing – Here is why

Bing is the new internet search engine from Microsoft, it replaces Live Search, MSN search and Windows Live Search to become t

Eden of the East – Anime Review

Eden of the East (Higashi no Eden) is the type of anime that I wouldn’t watch under normal circumstances, but after bein

I Survived a Japanese Game Show Season 1

I Survived a Japanese Game Show is a hilarious, fun to watch and quirky television show that premiered on ABC last June. I had

Lunar Orbiter Kaguya’s Mission ends

Japan’s Kaguya probe was launched in late 2007. It’s official name was Selenological and Engineering Explorer (SEL

Meet Japan’s E5 Series Shinkansen

Come Spring 2011 Japan will add another Shinkansen model to it’s already impressive lineup. The E5 Series Shinkansen wil

Seravee Gundam Figure

It may be piloted by a weird looking chap named Tieria Erde but in season 2 of Gundam OO Seravee Gundam the upgraded Gundam Vi

Blog updates, tweaks, polls and more

Since converting to WordPress I have been slowly tweaking, updating and optimizing my blog to make it more useful to readers.

Ryo the Skywalker – Japareggae Artist

Over the years since starting this blog I have had to the opportunity to meet many persons who share my interest in Japan both

Astro Boy – Animated Movie Coming

The Astro Boy series is one of the big daddy’s of anime. Starting way back in the 1960’s Astro Boy is acknowledged