( Everybody loves sailor suits! )

I love you, Hanzi Smatter.

Words to the unwise:

"New Rule: Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass. And it translates to 'beef with broccoli.' The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just ( Read more... )

I'd been wanting to see a live taiko performance for a long time, so when I found that the S.F. Taiko Dojo was selling tickets to the U.S.-Japan Taiko Festival I snapped up a few when I went to the Cherry Blossom Festival last weekend. So this Saturday I took my folks to it, and had a blast ( Read more... )

Spider-Man and His Giant Sword-Wielding Robot meet El Mariachi

Clips of a magician performing a couple of awesome tricks for a Japanese TV show:

Levitating a woman on the street in Yokohama

Passing solid objects through a glass tabletop in a Roppongi bar

Comics betray growing xenophobia in Japan: Increased strength of South Korea, China fuels backlash

A pair of manga, one of which claims that "there is nothing at all in Korean culture to be proud of" while the other calls China a "world prostitution superpower" obsessed with cannibalism (?!), have become runaway bestsellers. The publisher is ( Read more... )

and this includes liking food.

October 30 has been designated "Tamago-kake Gohan Day" by lovers of the dish: rice mixed with raw egg and soy sauce.

Bread, blades, and Brad Pitt

Cry for the moooon!

You've seen all those tattoos, T-shirts, and decorative wall hangings with Chinese characters that supposedly mean "love", "courage", "dragon", etc. Now find out what they really mean.

I want a tattoo that says "hand warmer and air conditioner"...