Category: Japan
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First First Temple Visit
Kuhombutsu Main Gate Temple Interior People lining up Kuhombutsu Temple Bell Happy New Year from Kuhombutsu! Happy New Year! This was my first ever New Year’s Eve in Japan. Last year, I was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia celebrating the New Year with my friend Gyn Ian Yap, and back in the States the year before […]
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Followup to “More Becky on Japanese TV”
This is a follow up to a previous post of mine about a Japanese drama I’ve been watching. I finished watching “Anna-san no Omame” the other day, and in general thought it was ok. The show has a very exaggerated comedic style, and can’t really be taken very seriously, but is fun for what it […]
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Christmas Colonel Sanders / The Japanese concept of a traditional Christmas
In Japan for Christmas, it is “traditional” to have Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas Eve. I was out in front of a store a day or two before Christmas. As I was waiting for the bus KFC started to smell better and better. I went in to see if I could get something to snack […]
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No force on Earth can stop one hundred Santas!!
Today, Saturday Dec. 23rd, there was a Santarchy gathering in Shibuya. Since it is close by, I decided to stop by and check it out. I’ve got plans already – I’m heading to my friend Watanabe‘s place this afternoon for a Christmas party, so I couldn’t join in on the Shibuya Santa fun, but I […]
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More Becky on Japanese TV
It has been a long time since I’ve posted (is anyone even watching?) because work has been just killer lately. This past month I spent a crazy amount of time working on a system to do automatic opinion analysis for the NTCIR Opinion Analysis Pilot Task. I submitted my results yesterday, and I can probably […]
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Sightseeing in Kyoto
Kiyomizudera at night. God of Success and Promotion. I could use some of his help. Red leaves on the way to Kinkakuji. Kinkakuji reflected in the pond. Kinkakuji with tree. I like this picture for some reason. Nijyou Castle December is a tremendously busy month for me, so I’m glad that I got to spend […]
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Kyoto International Manga Museum Opens
The Kyoto International Manga Museum is four floors of Manga and exhibits on Manga from around the world. I happened to be in Kyoto this November from the 27th until the 30th to attend the 2006 International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries. One of the presentations was a brief introduction to the recently opened Kyoto […]
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Whale cutlets in the Cafeteria?!?
Today for lunch in the office cafeteria one of the set lunches was a fried cutlet thing. Usually (almost always) this is a pork fried cutlet option that comes with rice, some miso soup, a small salad, and some tofu. I assumed that is what it was today, but when I looked at the card, […]
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Gallery Hopping in Tokyo
On Saturday I met up with my friend Fumie Hiratai and we went gallery hopping with another friend of hers. Fumie is a very good guide to the art scene in Tokyo. We met when she was working at NII, but she is an artist and was able to give up her job at NII […]
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Sumo Wrestling In Tokyo
Sumo Wrestling Photo Set on Flickr.com On Thursday, Andy and I went to the Sumo Tournament in Tokyo at the Kokugikaikan. We had box seats for two, and got there pretty early. While we watched the early matches of unranked (and lower-level ranked) Sumo wrestlers, there weren’t too many other spectators around. We did get […]