Wasabi!
Posted by harvey in Food on 31. Mar, 2006 | 6 Comments
Anyone who is familiar with Japanese food is probably also familiar with wasabi, the “horseradish” spice that is usually eaten with sushi, sashimi or zarusoba, or other dishes. I have been in Japan for, “quite-some-time” now, but just recently I saw a wasabi plant for the first time.
This small izakaya owner was growing it in [...]
Movie: TACHIGUISHI RETSUDEN
Posted by harvey in Humor, Media on 27. Mar, 2006 | 1 Comment
I rarely post topics about popular media on this site, but this movie has really caught my attention. The title is TACHIGUISHI RETSUDEN (立喰師列伝) Which roughly translates into, the Legend of the Standing-Eating Masters (please don’t quote me on that). It starts showing April 8th in Japan.
First, some useful Japanese. 意味わからん。 (Imi wakaran) This [...]
Funny Translation
Posted by harvey in Humor on 24. Mar, 2006 | 1 Comment
Haha, one of my favorite online Japanese-English dictionaries, Space ALC has an entry for Extreme Ironing. Haha. What gag. I wonder why this normally totally serious professional online dictionary would even have the time to include a silly easter egg like this?
Guess everyone has time for comedy eh?
Extreme Ironing. Hah. What a gag.
Eh?
What’s that [...]
Maid Cafe: e-maid
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Culture, Food, Osaka on 21. Mar, 2006 | 1 Comment
Maybe you’ve heard of the “maid cafe” in Japan. They are most well known in Tokyo’s Akihabara, but there are many of them in Kansai as well. I visited e-maid in the Osaka in Namba area near Electric Town.
The cafe has wireless lan, a shelf full of comic books, and of course all of the [...]
Final Fantasy Potion Drinks!
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers on 17. Mar, 2006 | 17 Comments
I used to be a huge Final Fantasy fan. With the upcoming release of a new Final Fantasy game, convenience stores in Japan are selling Final Fantasy Potion drinks!
[UPDATE 3/18] Chika pointed out this great commercial for FF12 potion! Hilarious! Thanks for the tip!
My friend told me they taste just like any old ‘energy’ [...]
White Day 2006
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Culture on 13. Mar, 2006 | 2 Comments
March 14th in Japan is White Day. On Valentines day here traditionally girls will give chocolates to guys, and then one month later on March 14th those guys are expected to return the chocolate to the girls.
Double money for chocolate companies!
The guy below is about to break under the overwhelming influence of White Day marketing…
Gifts [...]
Cool Keitai
Posted by harvey in Humor on 09. Mar, 2006 | 2 Comments
Everyone knows Japan is famous for it’s super elite high-tech cell phones and other gadgets. There is even a cell phone with a 4 gig HD for MP3’s. (やり過ぎ) If you need help keeping up to date, check out TechJapan.com
I personally just upgraded my own keitai, and now I can read JapanNewbie on my [...]
Ebisu Matsuri
Posted by harvey in Culture, Osaka on 03. Mar, 2006 | 3 Comments
This post is way off-season.
Ebisu Matsuri in Osaka is every year from Jan 9-11. This festival is for Ebisu, one of the coolest gods in Japan. Ebisu is the god of business and prosperity, and the festival is held at Imamiya Ebisu shrine in Osaka. A close subway station is Ebisu-cho, which is [...]
