Category: Updates

  • Kyoto World Heritage Wedding for 600,000 yen

    Nijo Castle, the one of World Heritage Site in Japan, is now accepting the reservation of the traditional wedding for the 2010 season until the end of this month (Oct 31, 2009). www.nijojo-wedding.jp Nijo Castle was built during the Tokugawa era (completed in 1603) as the residents of Tokugawa Family in Kyoto. In 1994, Nijo…

  • Japanese online audience are similar to TV audience

    In the response to CHART OF THE DAY: Lunchtime Is The New Primetime http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-lunchtime-is-the-new-primetime-2009-10 A Japanese blogger posted this reply The US’s new Primetime is Lunchtime, how about Japan? http://adinnovator.typepad.com/ad_innovator/2009/10/国内アメリカのゴールデンタイムはランチタイム日本では.html Japanese online prime time for online video is very similar to TV. Between 9am-10am, and 7pm-11pm. The Japanese work environment is very strict, and they…

  • 16,000 yen for New York and 21,000 yen for LA from Japan!!!

    UPDATE (9/16 6pm JST): The ticket has sold out… the links below are no longer valid. I’ve been researching an air ticket for my travel from Japan to USA. And I found a craaaaazy travel agency. Their name is Skygate. It’s Japanese online travel agency…. And I started subscribing their newsletter. Just now, I received…

  • My Only Worry About Japanese Politics

    Last weekend, I went to vote the Japanese general election. This was my 1st time that I was able to vote the Lower House (The House of Representatives). Since I spent the most of my 20s in Los Angeles. I didn’t really get chance to vote. We had to go through a very complicated paperwork…

  • Forcing Propose Kit (For girls whose boyfriend are slow)

    For the girls who has slow boyfriends The Japanese bridal ring retail chain “Virgin Diamond” has released 「強制プロポーズセット」 which means… Forcing Propose Set for 8,892 yen on Aug 7, 2009. (Trademark pending) When I saw the news, I was cracking up. This set was made for the girls whose boyfriends are a little slow. So…

  • Check out the current issue of Rolling Stone (Aug 6)

    Check out the current issue (Aug 6) of Rolling Stones magazine (US edittion). And turn to page 72 – “Isolated – Surfing a New Reality” It talks about the surfing move that I was a cinematographer for~! It was a fun memory in Papua, Indonesia last year. —

  • “Etienne” World Premiere in Vegas on Friday June 12, 2009

    “Etienne!” A Story about the little things in Life World Premiere at CineVegas on June 12, 2009 Please join us for the world premiere of our film. I worked as a various role (mainly post-production) for this film. Trailer [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ZH7YaHbGo] About “Etienne!” Synopsis copied from CineVegas BoxOffice ETIENNE! is a timeless tale of friendship between…

  • The release of concrete5.3.0 Japanese, and the launch of its web site

    Usagi Project is pleased to announce the released of concrete 5.3.0 Japanese version, and the launch of our web site on April, 17, 2009 (JST). http://concrete5-japan.org Due to the language barrier between Japanese and English, Usagi Project made a decision to distribute the package separately from concrete5’s SourceForge account but through our SourceForge.jp account. If…

  • concrete5 Member of the Month!

    Yay~! I was selected as the member of the month of concrete5 Community in April, 2009. http://www.concrete5.org/community/ Thanks, concrete5 team and Franz (CEO of concrete5)~! —–

  • Teigaku Kyufukin Letter has arrived

    Today, my family received the letter from Yokkaichi City regarding Teigaku Kyufukin. The letter consists three materials Return envelop English and Chinese instruction The Form which accept or deny your Kyufukin per household member, and where to fill out you bank account English instruction letter followed by Chinese The actual form where you check your…