Do you know what we don’t have enough of here in America? Plastic food. Sure, we have a ton of different restaurants to choose from. Even the menu’s are pretty well covered in pictures of the restaurants offerings. But how many times have you chosen a dish only to to say, “I thought it was […] More
This is sure to bring back memories of childhood when you wanted a tree fort. The Naha Harbor Diner in Okinawa, Japan lies at the very top of a huge Gajumaru tree about 20 feet above the ground. Sadly, that is not a real Gajumaru tree, its actually concrete. Don’t expect to see a lot […] More
Here’s a very ambitious project by Modded by Bacteria. This odd looking controller is actually a portable gaming system. What’s with all of those buttons? Well the aim of this project is to be able to play the actual console games from the: NES, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, SMS, Amstrad GX4000, Jaguar, Playstation, […] More
This is going to be like the MGS4 launch for DDR Fans. Konami has just released the first image of their new entrance into their Dance Dance Revolution franchise. The new machine will be out on November 21st, and it’s official name is Dance Dance Revolution X. As of right now, the only details known […] More
I love Twhirl because it allows me to keep up with everyone on FriendFeed and Twitter. However, besides the colorless scheme that comes with Twhirl, all of the others seem to be loud and lacking subtlety. So I decided to create a color scheme to match my current OS X Graphite colors. In order to […] More
In Japan, when you become 20 years old, you are officially an adult. This ceremony is called Seijin no Hi. It’s celebrated on the 2nd Monday in January every year. Becoming an adult in Japan means you can legally purchase alcohol, have part in legal contracts, vote, and smoke. The Seijin no Hi ceremony is […] More
Do you like foosball? I know I played my fairshare in college. Well, these engineering students at the University of Adelaide in Australia have taken a love of foosball to a new level. They have created an automated foosball table for those times where you have no one willing to get beat by you. The […] More
Livedoor, an Internet giant in terms of blogging in Japan, is in some financial trouble. Livedoor Holdings owes about 1.26 billion yen in back taxes for not declaring about 2.36 billion yen in taxable income. And what makes it even worse, taxation authorities are going after the company because they feel they deliberately didn’t pay. […] More
After the Robotic UFO catcher, I hardly expected to find another unique UFO catcher game from Japan so soon. However Trends in Japan spotted this ice cream UFO catchers that are about to sweep Japan for the hot summer ahead. The UFO catcher is called the “Triple Catcher Ice -25” (Gotta love the Engrish). It […] More
For those of you learning Japanese, and own a Nintendo DS, good news. Ubisoft, maker of the Spanish and French versions of My Word Coach have chosen Japanese as their next installment. My Japanese Coach will be released on September 16, 2008. Kotaku caught the title being given a rating by the ESRB. This usually […] More
What would you do if you saw this salaryman crawling on the ground, in the middle of downtown? Actually, this crawling man is a piece of performance art by Momoyo Torimitsu. But what is the message being sent? Torimitsu says the robot represents the Asian economic crash, and the rigid “salaryman” culture in Japan. The […] More
Seems the authors associated with WaiWai can’t get away from the outright hatred thrown at them over the past few months. Some of the authors published a series of tabloid books that talked about a lot of the crazy stories that appeared in Japanese tabloids and on WaiWai over the years. These books are now […] More
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