Month: August 2009

Posted in Editorials News

Geisha barmaids? How about Moe Tsundere Geisha Barmaids?

From Japan Times Online – For ¥1,800 at the Kamishichiken Beer Garden in Kyoto’s northwest, you can enter the geisha’s “Floating World,” a term coined…

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Rage against Hollywooders

From ANN – Kirsten Dunst Cosplays in Akihabara for Video …actress Kirsten Dunst appeared in Tokyo’s Akihabara otaku shopping district in a sailor-suit costume and…

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Posted in Anime Reviews

Bakemonogatari 07, 08 – Hate, just hate.

No, it’s not because of love. No, it’s not because of love for someone else mixed with jealousy. No, it’s not because of confusion; not…

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Posted in Art and Soul Podcasts

Art and Soul 6 – Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 and Human Nature

[display_podcast] Update, 3/13/2011: welcome, new visitors. I felt these reflections were worth reposting in the wake of current events in Japan. I am aware that…

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Posted in Editorials News

Moe Rice, Moe Shochu, Moe Watermelon!

From Japan Today – Sketches of pretty girls draw visitors to Akita town AKITA — Illustrations of pretty girls adorning packages of locally grown specialty…

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Posted in Believe What You Hear Editorials

Section 9 unsure which party to support at this point.

From The Diet 3 Daily – August 27, 2009, somewhere under Tokyo, Japan. Chief Aramaki indicated at a certain gathering that the current Japanese politics…

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