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    Chemical Brothers: The Salmon Dance

    The Chemical Brothers always puts out quality stuff. They are known for setting trends in the musical industry with artists from hip-hop to rock taking inspiration from them. Their latest video is about sammy the salmon, and is quite the educational video. Did you know fish pay attention to the moon… and that salmons can […] More

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    Yebisu is Japans #1 Beer

    If you know me personally, then you might know that Im not much of a beer drinker at all. I perfer my alcohol in its purer forms, and cocktails. However there are a few beers that I will drink especially after I have had a bit to drink. Red Stripe and Heineken Light are my […] More

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    MIXI CTO Resigns

    Well, now that you are educated from my last post on how huge MIXI is, just a bit of quick news about the service. The CTO Batara Eto announced that he will step down as Chief Technology Office at the end of December 2007. Eto lead the MIXI engineering team in Japan. He will remain […] More

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    Japan Government Official: UFOs Exist

    While Japan’s government hasn’t admitted seeing UFO’s, a top government official says he “definitely” believes they exist. Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura was speaking to reporters about recent claims by opposition leaders about “frequent reports of UFO sightings.” The Japanese government issued a statement saying that it “not confirmed sightings of unidentified flying objects believed […] More

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    Second Life for your phone?

    Second Life for your phone? Well that’s what Media Groove has created for the technologically advanced citizens of Japan. In Chipuya Town, users create avatars, and jump into a world similar to Animal Crossing meets Habbo Hotel. You can buy shoes, outfits, furniture for your apartment, and soon even vehicles and pets. Chipuya, Shibuya, get […] More

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    Densha Otoko: Train Man

    Forced into taking action against a drunk terrorizing an entire train car, Yamada Tsuyoshi unwittingly ends up saving the beautiful Aoyama Saori. Yamada is an office worker who in his spare times loves everything otaku. After saving Aoyama, she sends him a set of Hermes tea cups as a thank you gift for saving her. […] More

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    How to eat Sushi

    With the rules of eating sushi at a traditional Japanese restaurant so vast and complex, you may be intimidated to enter one of these fine establishments. That would be a shame, and I refuse to let that happen. If you need a bit of education on sushi, feel free to watch the video below. After […] More

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    MIXI, Japan’s MySpace

    With the big names in Social sites being Myspace and Facebook here in the USA, you may be wondering what does everyone in Japan use. While many Japanese are starting to venture onto Myspace, since they have a global version in many different languages (including Japanese), the majority of people use MIXI as their social […] More

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    Ninja Warrior: Shingo Yamamoto

    I don’t know how many of you watch Ninja Warrior on G4 (Sasuke to those of you in the land of vending machines). But its one of my favorite shows on G4. I honestly say that Ive seen almost every episode that G4 has aired. And by far my favorite competitor is Shingo Yamamoto. He […] More

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    Friday Five

    Feels good to still have one of my old habits… Time for the Friday Five! I have been participating for years (when I remember to do it). Lets get to it. 1. Pick one label that you think does describe you (race, religion, hobby, etc.). Opinionated – Yea, I have a bad habit of having […] More

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