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Google Wave for Dummies
I was just invited by Google Wave from a Usagi Project member a couple days ago. Well, since Google team doesn’t always promote their product as well as Apple marketing team. I had a very hard time understanding the potential of Google Wave. But once I got into the Google Wave. I suddently realized the…
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“Yeppy” = “Yes” + “Happy”
I came up with some new word. So I suddenly want to spread this word for no reason. “Yes” + “Happy” = “Yeppy” Definition Yeppy [yep-ee] –adverb –adjective, -pi⋅er, -pi⋅est. agreed and delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing the combined emotion of agree and happy Uses A: You have a very good test score.…
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Japanese Curry Rice
Dear Japanese Curry Rice. You are my reason to live.If I don’t have you more than once a week, I will die.If I can have you once a week, I am in the heaven. Dear Japanaese Curry Rice. I can have various topping.Tonight, I choose spicy eggplant. Dear Japanese Curry Rice. I can die for…
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Fumiko’s Propose – A Japanese students’ animation work
OK. When I saw this, I was stunned. This 2 min animation was produced by the group of Japanese anime students in Kyoto. For your convenience, there is some storyline. Fumiko is a middle school student (?). She proposes Takashi to be her boyfriend. But Takashi refuses her offer since he wants to devote his…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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. —