“Seichi junrei”, visiting where anime and manga take place, in Hiroshima prefecture
“Seichi junrei” is an otaku term to visit where anime/manga take place. (By the way, originally “Seichi” means “Holy Land” and “junrei” means “Pilgrimage.”) I live in Hiroshima prefecture which is one of most popular place for foreign tourists to visit in Japan. When the tourists come to Hiroshima, they usually visit either or both [...]
What day is today in Japan? November 1st
Today November 1st is the day of dog in Japan. November 1st is 1, 1, 1. In English, a dog’s bark is often described “Bow Wow”. However, we, Japanese, describe the dog’s bark as “Won, Won, Won” which sounds same as “one, one, one” for most Japanese. Therefore, this day became the day of dog [...]
Designed Manhole Covers: Spotting Creativity in Japanese Streets
When you are traveling and visiting different county/town, there are many things you are looking forward to, i.e. gourmet food, friendly local people, beautiful scenery, shopping. Definitely these are nice things worth spending time. If you are coming to Japan or live here, there is one more thing I suggest you to add on your [...]
How to make Rilakkuma Decoration Roll Cake
I have introduced a decoration roll cake recipe book before. It was about how to make pattern design roll cakes. This book teaches you how to make cute characters, like Rilakkuma, and animals. Check out the video below how easily the lady creates Rilakkuma decoration roll cake. Deco Roll Cake Recipe Book
12 Memorable Japanese National Anthem Performances
I assume that everyone knows your country’s national anthem. However some of you may never heard of Japanese anthem, Kimigayo. Our national anthem is very short. In fact, it only takes less than a minute to listen. I pick up 12 memorable Japanese national anthem performances to share with you. Enjoy. Gackt March 8th 2008 Before [...]
It’s been a while since I introduced Yuki Morisaki on this blog. Yuki, awho is known as “a too beautiful chef”, is not only known as a chef, but also many her talented work. This time she tried 8 different cosplies, which distributed on this site since August 1st. This is the first time she cosplies and it will be the last one, according to her.
You know “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, right? You’ve probably sung this song. Yes, it’s this one below.
Did you know that “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” is translated in different languages and is popularly sung kids around the world? This is Japanese version of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”(Kira Kira Boshi in Japanese)
This is Chinese version.
This is Spanish version.
This is my favorite one, Indian version.
So, which one is your favorite version?
Creative Japanese high schoolers made stop-motion animations, titled “Kokusen” ( Blackboard war) with blackboard, chalks for their school festival.
This first one used more than 2500 photos to show lively motion. Enjoy!
Second one, titled “Kokusen 2″, used more than 3000 photos .
source: Asiajin
Someone posted a new tally method on reddit a few days ago.
Indeed, it’s an awesome and useful method. However since this is bloging about Japan, so I will introduce Japanese tally method.
This is the tally method we use in Japan. It is a very simple 5 stroke kanji character, which we learn in 1st or 2nd grade. The kanji is pronounced “sei” or “tada” and means “right”, “proper”, and “correct”. If you see someone writing lots of this kanji, it’s probably does not means the guy is practicing kanji. Probably the guy is counting something. Congratulations you learned new kanji now!
Gundam is one of the famous anime icon coming out from Japan. Not to mention tons of Gundam models sold throughout the world and 1/1 scale model attracting thousands of people to visit Shizuoka, Gundam (the robots and it’s characters) is very popular in Japan and used it image in advertisements.
Japanese instant ramen noodle maker Nissin Foods has been using Gundam robots and it’s characters on their instant noodle commercials to help their sales quite sometime.
