Thursday, August 23, 2012

Kyuubey Cake For You Madoka Fans

Wanna eat Kyuubey??




Bandai is offering a very special cake for all Madoka Magica fans that features the face of the dreaded Kyuubey. The cake would be released in November and retails for 3,780 yen.

Kori no Suizokukan : Brrrrrrrr...... Aquarium




Japan has always been a place where you could find a lot of unimaginably things. One of them is the Kori no Suizokukan (氷の水族館) or Frozen Aquarium. Located in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Kori no Suizokukan features around 450 specimens of around 80 species of marine wildlife displayed in ice cubes and bathed in blue light, all captured at a nearby sea port.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Fujoshi: Rotten or Respectable




Well, a Fujoshi is a woman who likes manga and novel with a homosexual male (yaoi or also called Boys Love 'BL') theme. A Fujoshi is almost like an Otaku, many Otakus are considered Fujoshi and the difference between them is forgotten.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Koyou: Japanese Colorful Autumn

Here are the Japanese autumn what cherry blossoms are to spring


Literally translated ‘red leaves’ kouyou (紅葉) are the Japanese autumn what cherry blossoms are to spring. Both natural events bring the Japanese out en masse to celebrate the changing seasons and today draws large numbers of travelers to famous kouyou spots both in the mountains and in the cities.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Origami : Paper Fold





Origami (折り紙) is a form of art in Japan and in the world. Literally means “to fold paper” (折り: fold, 紙: paper) in Japanese language. Actually it’s considered a science by many, a branch of mathematics. Besides, lately some people are searching different applications for it within the engineering world and everyday product design.


Thursday, June 14, 2012

Kancho : Thousand Years of Pain


“Kancho” is a prank often played in Japan; it is performed in which you attack your victim from behind putting together both of your hands in a “kancho position” (see the pictures), the purpose is to hit your “rival’s” anal region with your index fingers. It’s very popular among Japanese kids and even among asian kids in general, specially in Korea. 

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Ganguro : Face to Black Fashion

And now we entering the unique fashion in Japan. i called it...
"face to black"

Ganguro (ガングロ), literally means "black-face", is a Japanese fashion trend among many Japanese girls which popular from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, an outgrowth of chapatsu hair dyeing, blonde or orange hair and tanned skin. The term ganguro is derives from the Japanese word gangankuro "ガンガン黒", meaning extremely dark, and guro "グロ", meaning grotesque, and the word ganguro translates to "blackface" or "charbroiled face", meaning heavily-sunburned face.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Hikikomori : Pulling Away from the World



Hikikomori refers to an extreme version of social withdrawal that is especially prevalent in Japan and affects hundreds of thousands of young men. The term refers to the person as well as the phenomenon.

literally means ‘pulling away,' Hikikomori (引きこもり, shut-in) is a diagnosed mental disorder in Japan. While every country has its share of people who hide away from the outside world and its social obligations, it’s extremely common in Japan, a country whose people are known for their shyness.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Bunraku : traditional puppet theatre of Japan



Bunraku, (文楽), also known as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃) or Japanese puppet theater founded in Osaka in 1684, is probably the most developed form of puppetry in the world. It is closer in style to Punch and Judy than Pinnochio as there are no strings and in its early days the puppeteers were hidden behind a curtain.