Archive for the 'Japan' Category
Sunday, March 26th, 2006
How to fold a t-shirt in around 5 seconds!! Yes it is possible if you practice many times haha
This is really neat, I tried it myself and it really works!
- The 5 Second Video!!
- Instructions with stills from the video
- How to fold with cardboard device
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Some very cool watches are being made these days. Sure I do like the simple elegance and grace of classical timepieces. But who can really afford them and why not have a little funkiness?
There’s a lot of those thick wristed watches, from Fossil and sporty ones from various companies. Yet I still haven’t […]
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Saturday, January 14th, 2006
Yes more crazy google video! This time it’s the girls from Morning Musume.
Oh no it’s a goanna (a type of lizard from Australia)!! Mahahahaha
This truly is some whacked out stuff that could only happen in Japan. The girls have a piece of meat attached to their foreheads. They pop their heads up through holes in […]
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Thursday, January 12th, 2006
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Sunday, September 11th, 2005
Fruits Basket Card Game, scheduled to release in the first quarter of 2006, marks the first time Score Entertainment has ever released a single purchase game. Each deck sells for a suggested retail price of $9.99 and contains 121 cards including a poker deck of 54 cards, a play deck of 53 cards and 14 […]
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2005
I’ve been meaning to find some design orientated websites which are not english. I’ve seen some european ones though not many asian ones. It would help if I knew the different languages and could search for information. But while searching on google I accidently came upon home-keiji.com a nice little flash site full of surprises […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2005
Please grow your Flip Flap in your mind and bloom your own special flower.
A friend told me about these cute pot plants. They are available in a bright array of colours and are solar powered. Some glow in the dark and can be used to ‘communicate’, by means of little message cards being placed in […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2005
Courtesy of the Nippon Television Network we have this funny clip. I’m guesssing it might be from some comedy show.
http://www.ntv.co.jp/channel/kasoh/kin10.html
But you gotta check out the rest of the clips, these are hilarious and original. I’m starting to think this might be a talent show of some sorts?
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2004
Check out some of the new dragonballz figures from JAKKS!
There are some 10th anniversary figures and some new sculpts. The first few released weren’t as good as expected imho. Compared to the ones made by Irwin there was just something unfinished with the JAKKS figures. But seems like they’re getting better.
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Monday, November 1st, 2004
On November 1st 1974 Hello Kitty ® was introduced to the world. Just like her creator Yuko Shimizu she liked to play the piano and bake cookies. Her real name is Kitty White and has a twin sister called Mimmy. What I didn’t know is that the setting of the story is outside London. She […]
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Thursday, May 20th, 2004
“ADV Films announced a July 20, 2004 street date for the DVD release of Azumanga Daioh: Rivals!, the third volume in this hysterical series.
Produced by Genco (Serial Experiments Lain) and JC Staff (Excel Saga), this acclaimed anime series premiered in early 2002 in Japan. ADV Manga released the popular Azumanga Daioh manga series late last […]
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