Since Japan is well on its way to becoming a super-aging society, some services and products are changing to become more senior-friendly. Newspapers and books enlarged their font sizes, and some books offer text printed with white characters on black paper, which is easier for the elderly and people with weak eyes.
DJ Techonorch is a DJ and composer who worked for Konami's music game Beatmania llDX. In May, he released a new album, "STRAIGHT," and its CD art and music video was designed by TOKIYA of Armaeater.
The Ouroboros is a three-wheeled car (bike?) produced by the small bike and auto shop Suehiro. You can ride this if you have a car license, so I can get one!!
Cote d'Ivoire Eboue listening to the North Korean coach's instructions. Ha ha ha, what a good job. By the way, we call such behavior being a "nice boke," boke means a stupid action or a person who will occasionally say stupid things, or make silly mistakes on purpose. Usually a Boke is used in combination with a Tsukkomi in Japanese "Manzai" comedies. In the case of Eboue, the Tsukkomi would say to him something like: "you won't be able to understand, right?"
This is cute, but maybe annoying... "Fresgeezoo". Usually people put deodorizers in their refridgerators, the most popular fridge deodorizer is named "Non-Smell."
Two years ago, "nama" (raw) sweets became a big hit. But "nama sweets" are not raw or uncooked, they just have a very soft texture, as if they are not cooked all the way through. The boom started with nama caramels from Hanabatake Bokujyo. Before the boom, we had nama chocolates, but after nama caramels became popular, the nama craze spread out to other sweets like marshmallows, cheesecakes, etc. Last week, a new shop, "Miyashita," opened in Omotesando Hills in Harajuku, and they sell nama "Castella" (a Japanese sponge cake). The soft batter oozes from the center of cake. It's a new style, isn't it?
I like Muji's stationery, they are simple, reasonable and very functional. I like their highlighter. You can see the point where you are drawing.
I like Muji's stationery products because they are simple, reasonably priced and very functional. I like their highlighter. You can see through the tip to see where you are highlighting. In Japanese slang, Pachi-mon means "fake product" and Batta-mon means "product from irregular distribution channels," but Batta also means "grasshopper." A Japanese artist made a "Batta-mon grasshopper with a Batta-mon brand bag." But Louis Vuitton protested and the artist had to stop his exhibition. Hmm... Louis Vuitton has no sense of humor?
I am tired all day long, of course it's because I watch the world cup and it comes on TV 11pm and 3am in Japan time...Now I am waiting for UK game. By the way, this is UK vs US game by Lego. ha ha pretty cute.
Well known Americans on Japanese internet "Gaijin 4koma" are workers of The IGN. They were in this year E3 and Japanese media took their photos.
Tokyo is in rainy season now, until end of July, I will have umbrella everyday. Since I left it often in train, I don't buy expensive one but I found this one! Cute isn't it?, tail part is a strap of umbrella. Microworks has such pretty cute design stuffs.
Did you know that the kitchen has more bacteria than the bathroom? Only touching underwear attaches a huge number of bacteria to your hands. We are living with a huge number of bacteria, some give you trouble, and some make foods delicious. "Moyashimon" is the manga about such bacteria. Here is a good post about "Moyashimon". The story is about a guy who goes to an agricultural sciences college and who has the special ability to see all bacteria . He does the usual college experiments, as well as exploring the deep world of bacteria,especially foods. It was made into a TV animation show before, and it will be made into a live action movie this summer. The fun part is that all the actors really look like the original manga characters.
I love this post of pinktentacle. They copied original card and add crazy pachimon (imitation creatures) monsters. ha ha ha stupid...I like this Africa one. Look at poor handwriting fire!
Nissin made a Cup noodle TV ad with Jamiroquai. It's part of the music video for Virtual Insanity. But the lyrics were changed. He sings "i am hungry, i am hungry, I like cupnoodle, I don't need other one." In Japan, many people write comments in youtube "I am so disappointed". "Really he sang that? " What do you think?