Visited Countries
Posted by harvey in Travel on 29. Jun, 2006 | 7 Comments
Neat tool online that will generate a map of all the countries you have visited after you fill in a simple form.
Here are my results.
19 Countries, or… 8% according to the site. I thought I was doing pretty good, but still have a ways to go!
You can create your own map here, give it a [...]
New Train – Hankyu
Posted by harvey in Culture on 26. Jun, 2006 | No Comments
OMG! A new train on Hankyu line! Yeah!!! It’s finally happened! Great!
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Okay. Honestly, I don’t know why so many people were taking pictures here. I just happened to be on my way home, and saw a big crowd snapping pics of a train. So I copied them.
In Japanese they call this, 野次馬 (やじうま）, or a [...]
Osaka Oblong Ferris Wheel Battle
Posted by harvey in Osaka on 25. Jun, 2006 | No Comments
My quest in Osaka is complete.
I have ridden, the ONLY OBLONG FERRIS WHEEL IN THE WORLD.
I strolled down to Doutonbori, hunted down the ever elusive towering ferris wheel with the giant penguin, paid my 500 yen (2000 yen per car, 4 people), and and the most exhilarating 15 minute ride I will ever experience.
Look [...]
North Korea Pictures
Posted by harvey in Culture on 24. Jun, 2006 | 3 Comments
Off topic, but so interesting…
Pictures of North Korea from a Russian blogger, Artemiy Lebedev. The site is in Russian, but the pictures are interesting enough alone.
If anyone here speaks Russian, by all means! Please fill me in!
I recently read the book, The Aquariums of Pyongyang, an amazing story of a Korean living in Japan in [...]
Engrish Tshirt: Distant Sence
Posted by harvey in Humor on 23. Jun, 2006 | 3 Comments
The Japanese Engrish t-shirt thing is hardly new… I see weird English everyday.
In all my years though, this has got to be the most baffling I have ever seen.
“DISTANT SENCE
Now I feel better with it
It is not too much to say longing.
laugth gentry being
to play hide and seek”
Analysis:
Okay let’s break it down. laugth is obviously [...]
Haagen-Dazs – Takoyaki?
Posted by harvey in Food, Osaka on 20. Jun, 2006 | 1 Comment
Haagen-Dazs in Japan is getting in to the Kansai spirit with these Takoyaki-like ice cream snacks. This spread here will cost you 800 yen (about 8$), and is just like Takoyaki! Except there is no octopus, it’s not cooked, and is sweet tasting, like ice cream… instead of… Taco-y. Like… Octopus.
Haha, fooled you. The [...]
Kit Kat Azuki
Posted by harvey in Culture on 16. Jun, 2006 | 6 Comments
So many Kit Kat posts.
Another time limited Kit Kat is here! Azuki. Red beans.
Mmm… look at that, Japanese snacky… Chocolate-y… Off-Pinkish goodness.
Seriously though, it tasted really good!
Kinda like, artificial Azuki.
- Harvey
Learn Japanese with Advertisements: Pachinko
Posted by harvey in Language on 15. Jun, 2006 | 13 Comments
Let’s learn Japanese with stupid advertisements!
The blue text in the middle…
あなたの「したい」はここにある
パチンコ ＆ スロット
anatono “shitai” ha kokoniaru
pachinko & slot
“what you want to do”, is right here.
I dunno… I don’t really wanna do Pachinko and Slot Machines…
Now for the warning label in the lower left. How maniac is this? We’re reading the fine print… in Japanese! Rock on!
Translation:
18歳未満の方のご入場はお断りしております。
18sai [...]
