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- Walk and Talk Osaka
- September 5th, 2012Category: Travel
- Has anyone ever sung you the praises of a destination by insisting on all the great conversations you would have there? The fast-paced life of Osaka doesn’t mean that locals don’t have time to stop and chat. Osakans are renowned among the Japanese for being very frien ... » Continue Reading
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- Rebranding Japan with a new wave of products
- September 5th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- Old craft houses and workshops in crumbling side streets are certainly far removed from the shiny modern images of Tokyo that the country likes to associate with its cool Japan branding campaigns. But it is the small, (usually) old family businesses that lie within th ... » Continue Reading
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- The Japan Rail Pass
- September 4th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- Japan’s rail services are one of the best in the world. They are extremely efficient and go just about everywhere in Japan. If you plan to do a lot of travelling in Japan then you should consider the Japan Rail Pass. The pass allows for unlimited travel on ... » Continue Reading
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- Why people ‘Cosplay’
- September 3rd, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- “What makes people get into cosplay? Is it only the otaku type? How openly is cosplay culture accepted outside of Japan and what kind of businesses are available for cosplayers in Japan?” Many of you who are not quite into today’s cosplay culture may question the r ... » Continue Reading
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- The Okinawan lifestyle
- September 3rd, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- By Carlo Fornari I have been living in Okinawa for almost two years. For a lot of foreigners, especially Western people, Okinawa is an unknown destination, known only through the movie “Karate Kid Part 2,” or at least for me it was so. This doesn’t surprise me very m ... » Continue Reading
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- Can Embracing Japanese Culture Make You Forget Your Own? (Part 2)
- August 31st, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- If you're just joining us, you can catch up on Part 1 here. Music This has been a big one for me. A prime example of how living abroad has affected , is in the genres of music that I listen to. For example, one genre of music that I really enjoy is the hip-h ... » Continue Reading
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- AKB48 member holds emotional ‘graduation’
- August 31st, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- The popular group loses one of its stars but there are plenty others to take her place in the music juggernaut. When Atsuko Maeda, a 21-year-old singer in the mega-popular girl group AKB48 gave her farewell concert on Aug 27 in Akihabara, 250,000 fans applied for ... » Continue Reading
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- Karizma in the Mix – Series of DJ performances by Karizma documented by Kumigar
- August 30th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- Hi everyone, this week, I want to share a video I made as a tribute to Karizma, who has inspired me with his amazing DJ-ing performances and encouraged me to make videos to share with my music family years back before I started doing the Dancing Chef Kumigar videos for ... » Continue Reading
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- Super Yosakoi Weekend
- August 30th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- If ever you're down Harajuku way on the last weekend of August, be sure to see the Super Yosakoi dance festival. What started in Kochi in 1954 has spread across Japan and is now a highly competitive genre of dance. It booms energy, brilliantly coloured costumes and a le ... » Continue Reading
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- My Very Brief Fight with a Yakuza
- August 29th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- This is the story I don’t want to tell, about my fight with a Japanese gangster, because it’s so horrible. But I’ve held onto it too long already, so I’ll just lay it out. The night started out pretty much like every other, drinking with some random Japanese ... » Continue Reading
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- ANA launches Experience JAPAN Fare for foreign visitors
- August 29th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- All Nippon Airways has launched a new campaign for foreign visitors to Japan, called Experience JAPAN fare, which is valid through Oct 27, 2012. The campaign offers fares to any of ANA’s destinations within Japan for as low as 10,500 yen. Compared with a JR p ... » Continue Reading
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- 10 Things to do on a Budget in Tokyo
- August 28th, 2012Category: Uncategorized
- Tokyo, Japan’s modern capital is one of the most exciting places on the planet, but this doesn’t mean a holiday to this amazing destination has to break the bank. Like most places in the world, a trip to Tokyo can be done either in luxury or on a shoestring ... » Continue Reading
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