Archive for the 'Japan' Category


Speaking of figure skating…

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Shizuka-san rocks
Nice smile, but has it been surgically enhanced?
Here she is tasting some good food

Mmmm tasty treats!
Made by none other than KimiTaku himself!
Here’s KimiTaku playing with Shizuka-chan’s gold medal

And (Goro I think his name is?) pretending to be Shizuka
Ah yes…
Here’s what he ‘normally’ looks like (on the left)

So yesterday after I wrote my Ginban entry, [...]




Studio Ghibli Museum

Monday, June 27th, 2005

JR Chou line
Tamagawa Josu - the tree lined street with a stream to one side leading towards the museum from Mitaka station

There are supposed to be three of these kinds of signs pointing to the museum, I only found 2
Here’s the sign marking the entrance

Since I haven’t been watching new anime lately (I’ve just been [...]




Watching anime in Japan

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

Well it’s been a while since I had the chance to post here. I didn’t have access to the internet for a number of days (since my last few days in Japan, and then not in Hong Kong where I was afterwards) so therefore no entries! But now I’m back home, so the blogging starts [...]




Toilets in Japan

Friday, May 27th, 2005

One of the interesting things about the difference between Japan and the West is how toilets work in this country. While Japan does of course have urinals and `western` toilets, it also has the `japanese-style` toilets… that and their urinals are slightly different. Allow me to explain.
In North America, we have the ubiquitious `urinal mint`, [...]