Month: August 2009
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…