JET ALT/CIR Interview – Part 1
Posted by harvey in Culture, Society, Working on 17. Sep, 2007 | 7 Comments
Today on Japannewbie we have an interview with my friend from high school, Sugu, a total non-newbie when it comes to Japan. Sugu has been in Japan for 3 years now. He came to Hamamatsu as a JET and has been more or less on the JET track ever since. This interview should be interesting [...]
Final Fantasy Potion Available!
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers on 15. Sep, 2007 | 1 Comment
Hey everyone, news flash. Remember the Final Fantasy Potion Drink post from a while back? Well, J-List now has the Final Fantasy Potion in stock, which means you can buy it even if you’re not in Japan! Not only that, but it seems they have the premium set, which comes with more Final Fantasy goods [...]
Harvey Quest: Find the Restaraunt
Posted by harvey in Culture on 14. Sep, 2007 | 16 Comments
Calling all Kanto-based JapanNewbies! An incredibly long time JapanNewbie reader and friend pointed this out to me a while ago. This restaurant has my name! Unfortunately, all we have is this shoddy keitai picture, and a link that has the stores phone number and address on it. In fact, the restaurant may have moved… I [...]
Mikey Videos
Posted by harvey in Humor, Language, Media on 13. Sep, 2007 | 8 Comments
This is the weirdest thing I have seen all week. Mikey Videos. They’re in Japanese with English subtitles. Please. Watch. You won’t regret it. UPDATE: Thanks to Adam the movie maniac, I was able to locate these crazy videos on DVD! You can order The Fuccons on DVD from JList straight from Japan. This stuff [...]
Unusual and Doorless
Posted by harvey in Humor on 10. Sep, 2007 | Comments Off
“What in the blazes! What the… Chief! Chief!” “What is it private.” “The gate! The gate!” “Get a hold of yourself private and speak clearly!” “The gate! We tried to attack, but… but it’s got no door!” Matsuyama Castle in Shikoku. I’ve never been there, a friend gave me this picture. Even if i went, [...]
Koshien, it’s actually not in Osaka
Posted by harvey in Culture, Osaka on 09. Sep, 2007 | 7 Comments
Correction time! Javi from Motomachicake pointed that Koshien, the baseball stadium of the Hanshin Tigers, is not really in Osaka, but actually in Hyogo prefecture. Kobe is the major city in Hyogo, and Motomachi (where it seems Javi hails from) is in Kobe as well. Well… (checks map) True. Koshien is in Hyogo. But why [...]
Retired Pachinko Machines
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Osaka on 06. Sep, 2007 | 9 Comments
Sometimes even the machines have to take a break. Pachinko and electronic slot machines being hauled out of a store in an Osaka shoutengai. I hate pachinko. It’s loud. Smokey. Expensive, and boring! I asked the pachinko hauling man if I could take one home as a souvenir… but he said no. – Harvey
Hanshin Tigers!
Posted by harvey in Culture, Osaka, Society on 02. Sep, 2007 | 19 Comments
Baseball time! Not just any baseball. Baseball at Koshien stadium in Osaka Hyogo prefecture. Just look at the crowd! Everyone decked out in their Tiger gear, chanting together, staring at the crazy gaijin facing the wrong direction with his camera… I LOVE THIS PLACE! I know a Canadian guy who has been to every single [...]
