| 7:46am | Glico and Softbank Collaboration for White Day | | | | For the upcoming White Day ホワイトデー, Softbank and Glico will be coming together for a joint marketing campaign. Softbank mobile subscribers can show staff their cellphone with the download wallpaper from the campaign website and they can redeem a special chocolate that is produced by Glico.... |
| 1:05am | Today’s Japan Photo: Furikake 振り掛け | | | | Yesterday I was suffering from a bad case of food poisoning and all I could eat was porridge sprinkled with some Furikake 振り掛け. Therefore, I decided to share with you one of my favorite Japanese condiments for our Today’s Japan Photo series. This yummy shot of a bowl of rice and some... |
| 7:38pm | Akihabara Majokko Princess | | | | Here’s an weird music video filmed by director McG called Akihabara Majokko Princess. It features Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst prancing around Akihabara wearing a sailor moon styled uniform, singing the 80’s song “Turning Japanese”. The video was produced as part of the “Pop... |
| 3:46pm | More Nendoroid Puchi: Bakemonogatari #2 Preview | | | | Following yesterday preview photos, Mika-tan has posted part 2 of the preview for the upcoming Nendoroid Puchi Bakemonogatari. The cap and cape looks absolutely fabulous on Nadeko Sengoku (千石 撫子). This set is a must get and preorder will open tomorrow. |
| 2:37pm | 1/8 Mio Akiyama PVC [Moe Moe Kyun Ver.] | | | | FREEing has announced this kawaii figure of Mio Akiyama from K-On! wearing a lovely meido outfit and in her “Moe Moe Kyun!” pose ^^ She is scheduled for release in July 2010, and will be retailing for around 7,800 yen. Interested folks can place your preorders with Hobby Search, Hobby Link... |
| 11:59am | Sunao ni Narenakute 「素直になれなくて」: Japanese Drama About Twitter | | | | Twitter has become so popular worldwide that now a Japanese dorama is being produced on the social networking tool. The drama is called Sunao ni Narenakute 「素直になれなくて」 , which literally means “I can’t be honest with myself”, and will star Eita and Juri Ueno. The story... |
| 9:39am | 1/6 Tamaki Kosaka PVC [Panic Ver.] | | | | Kotobukiya has announced preorder for another sexy figure of Tamaki Kousaka from the To Heart2 Another Days franchise. Essentially it is a “wardrobe malfunction” version of the 1/6 Tamaki Kōsaka PVC released back in Mar 2009. She is scheduled for release in June 2010, and will be retailing... |
| 5:15am | Man Robbed of Cash and Clothes On Way Home | | | | This has gotta be one of the funiest robbery I’ve heard of because a 51-year-old man was robbed of his wallet and his clothes (!) on early Wednesday morning in Kita Ward, as he was on his way home after drinking. In the end he had to run home naked wearing only his shoes and socks to call the... |
| 1:34am | Today’s Japan Photo: Kanto Festival 竿灯まつり | | | | For Today’s Japan photo, we will visit one of the interesting festival called Kanto Festival 竿灯まつり which is held annually in Akita prefecture between 3 Aug till 6 Aug. This photo was taken off Japan-Web-Magazine. As you can see, beautiful huge lanterns are hung on really tall bamboos while... |
| 9:20pm | SMAP Parodies Susan Boyle | | | | Here’s a rather funny SMAP parody of Susan Boyle’s first appearance on “Britain’s Got Talent”. The first thing I thought of when Shingo appeared as Susan Boyle was actually “Shingo Mama”. LOL Source: JapanProbe |
| 7:09pm | Another LOTTE Fit CM | | | | Here’s another LOTTE Fit commercial featuring Takeru Satoh and Nozomi Sasaki. This time round, they are doing the LOTTE dance in an art museum. I really enjoyed this new CM with both of them dancing so happily together. This song is just too addictive that it keeps looping in my head! |
| 3:33pm | Nendoroid Puchi: Bakemonogatari #2 Preview | | | | Mika-tan has posted some preview photos on the second set of Nendoroid Puchi Bakemonogatari. Do stay tuned because Mika-tan will be putting up the second set of preview photos tomorrow. ^^ |
| 9:56am | Karaoke Gameplay In Yakuza 3 | | | | How many of you like going to the karaoke? Well the Yakuza enjoy karaoke too and here’s a very interesting gameplay demostration of the Karoke mini-game in Yakuza 3. So did his singing performance convince you that Yakuza 3 is must-get when it releases in Mar 2010? ^^ |
| 4:07am | Moyashimon Live-Action Drama Trailer | | | | Back in Dec 2009, I shared with you folks that Moyashimon was being adapted into a live-action drama and now the first trailer of the show is out! The show will air on Fuji TV in Jul 2010, and will star Yuichi Nakamura (中村 優一), who is better known for his roles as Kamen Rider Hibiki and Kamen... |
| 1:49am | Today’s Japan Photo: Ushiku Daibutsu 牛久大仏 | | | | Apart from tall building, Japan also have many interesting tall structures. For Today’s Japan Photo, we shall take a look at the majestic statue of the Ushiku Daibutsu 牛久大仏, which is 120 meters tall. This lovely shot of the majestic statue was taken by flickr user mAi1227(on and off).... |
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