Category: Japan
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Fireworks Festivals
I bought a Japanese Jinbei Watching Fireworks Foodstands on the way Crowds by the river Fireworks Fireworks On Thursday some friends from work and I went to the Jinguu Fireworks Festival. This is a large fireworks festival that takes place in the middle of Tokyo, near Yoyogi Park and Jinguu Temple. They put up about […]
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Summer Sonic 2007 Music Festival: Day 2
On the second day I woke up a big later since I didn’t have to go through the wrist-band exchange shuffle. An uneventful trip back to the Chiba area. “Blue Man Group” The first “group” I wanted to see was the Blue Man Group. They were up on the Mountain Stage, the largest of the […]
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Summer Sonic 2007 Tokyo Music Festival: Day 1
Welcome to Summer Sonic! Walking to Summer Sonic Marine Stadium Beach Stage Marine Stage Crowd Nishioka Sumiko (日本語版 ) Summer Sonic is a two-day summer music festival held in Chiba’s Makuhari Messe and nearby Marine Stadium. It is a huge event, with probably around 80 bands playing over two days, and unofficial concerts on the […]
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A quick trip to the Setagaya Art Museum
Art Museum This Way Aesthetic Eyes of Aoyama Jiro A friend of mine, Mie, who I met at the wonderful Saraba bar in Jiyugaoka, works at the Setagaya Art Museum. The other day she told Lisa that they were having a fun exhibit at the museum. A guy who writes children’s books would do a […]
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Unlikely food combinations: What are you thinking, Japan!?
This is a post that started from a Mixi post I made about unusual donuts (in Japanese) and then purely by coincidence the next day I stumbled upon some other unusual foodstuffs. First, on with the donuts. Don’t make donuts out of that Ham and Cheese Donuts Maccha and Azuki Donuts On the way home […]
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A trip to faraway Yokohama for Gyoza
日本語で Last Sunday I headed out to Yokohama with my friend after a relaxing weekend. About a year ago, a researcher I met while at Columbia University who grew up in Yokohama took me to a Gyoza shop in Sakuragicho, Yokohama that he said has some of the best Gyoza in Japan. For reference, that […]
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Tokyo Giants vs. ORIX Buffaloes
some pictures on Flickr On Sunday night, I got a call out of the blue from my friend Tomoki, who invited me to the Tokyo Giants baseball game on Monday night. They were playing the ORIX Buffaloes. Approximately a year ago, I took Tomoki to a Giants game when my friend Tai gave me a […]
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Asakusa Sanjya Matsuri (三社祭)
Entire photoset of Flickr.com Short videos up on YouTube.com Portable Shrine Women carrying the shrine Enthusiastic drummers On Sunday, I headed out to Asakusa with a friend to see the tail end of the Asakusa Sanjya Festival. Sanjya (alternatively, Sanja) means “Three Shrines”, and if you’ve been reading along you know that Matsuri (祭り) are […]
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My feeling about Japanese comedy
I saw a great post over at the (sadly) now defunct Japanmanship blog about Japanese comedy teams. It explains how I feel about Japanese comedy almost completely, along with some nice diagrams. A funny read and worth checking out.
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A School Uniform and a Machine Gun
A while ago I downloaded the Japanese drama セーラー服と機関銃 (A School Uniform and a Machine Gun) and I’ve finally gotten around to watching the first episode. Sometimes Japanese dramas can be really hit and miss, but this one looks kind of interesting. I’ve decided to write a brief summary of the episodes as I watch […]