December 09, 2008
Raccoon Dogs
From an educational website devoted to the ukiyo-e artist, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). This series of comic prints alludes to the supposed ability of Raccoon Dogs to voluntarily enlarge their scrotums. It is listed as 209 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). Robinson translated tanuki as ‘badgers’, but ‘raccoon dogs’ seems to be more correct. The images are each about 7 by 10 inches (18 by 25 centimeters), a size known as chûban. Two images were printed on a sheet of paper about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.
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History of Bicycle, vintage Japanese matchbox art. (From Peptide)
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October 23, 2008
Manhole Ginza
Japanese wasanbon and 9 other Exotic Sweeteners
The traditional colors of Japan are a collection of colors traditionally used in Japanese Literature, textiles such as kimono, and other Japanese arts and crafts. (From wikipedia)
Perhaps best known for his '70s album covers for Miles Davis, Santana, the Beatles, etc., Tadanori Yokoo is arguably the most influential Japanese graphic designer of the Twentieth Century. Tadanori Yokoo posters
Vintage Japanese matchbox ads. (From Pink Tentacle)
A quiet residential street in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward boasts perhaps the highest manhole density in town, with 85 of them scattered along a 200-meter stretch of pavement. (From Picdit)
A small Tokyo broom store has not had a customer since 1972. (From Carolina Naturally)
(gif above from ColourLovers)
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August 22, 2008
T. Enami
A large collection of long forgotten pictures of Japan by Rob Oechsle, a photographer from Okinawa
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May 09, 2008
Irezumi
Crosswalk at Osaka station. Also by jtabn99, Samples - many restaurants are exhibiting the sample of a meal in Japan
Irezumi is the art of Japanese tattoos (Music warning)
Funny Shaped Japanese Watermelons
I don’t think I linked to it the first time - Japanese bug fights
Luggage Label of Japan. At The Art of the Luggage Label
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March 05, 2008
Rice paddy art
Every year, farmers in the rural town Inakadate, Japan creates rice field art by using red rice in with their regular rice in special patterns. A few others fields in rural Japan also followed the trend of this beautiful rice field art. (From Hemmy)
More: Rice paddy art harvest
Tokyo in 1913: 22 Photographs
Best photos of broccoli and Japan flickr hive mind
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February 15, 2008
Dry Cleaner’s Typography
Dry Cleaner’s Typography in Tokyo
New-born babies in Japan who can't make it round to visit all their relatives can now send them proxies instead - cuddly bags of rice
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January 06, 2008
Abandoned
Japanese Game show on SNL with Chris Farley
Chopstick rests at the market
Voyeurs watching lovers in a Japanese park in the seventies
Minority Orchestra playing in a cabbage field (YT)
How to create traditional Washi Eggs
...Since 1952
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November 05, 2007
Manhole Covers
A couple of days ago there was a report from Reuters on a forthcoming Daddy exam for Japanese fathers to hone their parenting skills on. Looking around the Japanese web I found many weird and wonderful exams and qualifications, or 検定, kentei as they are called in Japaneseso for your enjoyment and edification I present the top ten strangest qualifications
Ryuuichi Ikeda (ごめん！） of Sapporo, Hokkaido has been taking a picture of the same Coca-Cola vending machine nearly every day for over two years, and intensely documenting the changes
Re-post: Japanese Manhole Covers pool on flickr
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September 17, 2007
Otaku Panic
Nothing says “fill ‘er up” quite like these custom Otaku-style fuel tank doors
Beauty treatment or SM toy? From the same source: Hooker trading cards
22 Photographs of Tokyo in 1913
Another photographed visit to Tsukiji fish market
35 years of Skyscraper construction in Shinjuki in 10-second stop motion clip
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August 22, 2007
Kawaii Noir
Today I saw His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito out of my bedroom window. Apart from that, not much has happened really
Giant kite flying festivals in Japan. (From Puppies and Flowers)
From Hachiko cookies to Kawaii kitsch, Tokyo’s Coolest Souvenirs
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July 07, 2007
Ajinomoto space soup
All items on the new, official Japanese space menu satisfy the International Space Station’s stringent standards requiring packaged foods to withstand changes in air pressure and temperature and survive one year in storage under ordinary earthly temperatures. To meet these requirements, the food products are packed in special tubes
How to put on a Japanese loin cloth
Wooden block toy called Toypography where English words can be reformed to Japanese expressions of the same meaning
The Surinomo albums of David Bull, a woodblock artist
The Tale of Genji
Tiny portions, or "Why there are virtually no fat Japanese people". (From Top Ten Ways Japanese Live Small)
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May 28, 2007
Love Hotels
Zatoichi Japanese tap dancing
Tokyo rockers show off their moves every fine Sunday in Yoyogi Park. Another pack also hang out in Ueno Park. Japanese Rockabilly slideshow on flickr. (From Moookie)
How to Swear in Japanese (Contain swear words)
Japanese folk monsters drawn by Jcartoonist Shigeru Mizuki
Re-post: Tree Climbing Japan
Japanese octopus-dumpling soda
More Japanese gardens
Neo-Ruins: Lithographs of post-apocalyptic Tokyo
I should be back from my trip any day now. This post has been pre-blogged for your enjoyment
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April 05, 2007
^ - ^ (Laughing)
Kobe Beef business card holder
Learn to count from 1 to 20 in Japanese
How to apply Geisha makeup
The ceremony of cleaning the image of the Great Buddha of the Tôdai-ji Temple, in Japan, is performed on 7th of August every year
No time to blog tonight. Sorry about that.
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February 09, 2007
Lost in Translation
The old All look same site has many new quizzes, including food, art, faces, architecture and more. Still hard, even if you are C, J or K
Toilets in Japan: There are two styles of toilets commonly found in Japan. The oldest type is a simple squat toilet, which is still common in public conveniences. After World War II, modern Western-type flush toilets and urinals became common
Writer Sanjūgo Naoki (1891 – 1934) changed his name four times between ages 31 and 35 to match his age that particular year (skipping over 34, as four was an unlucky number according to Japanese superstition)
Any self-respecting toy collector is sure to be familiar with the Kubrick. No, we’re not talking Stanley, but rather the Kubrick line of figures from Japanese toy company Medicom
A biography of Matthew Perry
Bruce Osborn’s Oyaku portraits of one parent and one child
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December 23, 2006
Big in Japan
Wired photo-essay on Japan's "love hotels"
Visiting a Japanese House Game
Japanese emperor date. The traditional Japanese calendar consists of eras based on the reigning emperors. The imperial date format is required for some government documents and applications. For example, until Jan 1, 2002, the Japanese patent office used emperor dates
Big in Japan: The Tarako Cupie Girls, the popular spokesgirls for a Japanese company which sells salted cod roe spaghetti sauce. The Tarako Fighter game (and many other flash thingies)
How to use Furoshiki (Wrapping cloth)
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