Review: Kanji Solitaire for iOS
Posted by harvey in Language on 05. May, 2013 | 1 Comment
Hello everyone! I have been playing with @tuzen’s Kanji Solitaire App for iOS over the past week. This app is a great idea, and a much needed fresh approach to kanji study. There are lots of kanji Apps out there, but none like this. Kanji Solitaire App is a kanji puzzle game where you slide [...]
Life-sized Gundam Model in Tokyo
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers on 24. Feb, 2013 | 2 Comments
I had a chance to go check out the life-sized Gundam Model in Tokyo this month! I’m not gonna lie. I have never watched a full episode of Gundam. I am not a true Gundam fan. I do however appreciate a giant robot anime every now and then… So, I’m not a “true” Gundam fan… [...]
Evangellion makes Suizenji Kiyoko popular to a new audience
Posted by harvey in Language, Music on 06. Jan, 2013 | 1 Comment
Thanks to geeking out on Evangellion I recently stumbled upon this classic Japanese song called 365-step March. This song is appears in EVANGELION:2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE when the new character Mari is fighting an Angel near the beginning of the movie. Being the crazy character that she is, Mari sings this song as she [...]
Shared my Japanese Anki Deck
Posted by harvey in Language on 21. Oct, 2012 | 2 Comments
I just shared my Japanese Anki Deck! It’s very personal. Basically when I see something I don’t know, I write it down, and then some day I stuff it into Anki. I have been using Anki for years, so this deck is monsterous. It has like 700+ cards and they are of no particular difficulty [...]
Shingo Nishinari – Osaka Local Rap
Posted by harvey in Media, Music, Osaka on 21. Oct, 2012 | 2 Comments
Looking for some fun Japanese music to listen to? OSAKA UP. The video features all the famous places in Osaka. Dotonbori Bridge, Tsutenkaku, Taiyou no Tou, and the entire video is in Kansai dialect. What more could you ask for? It also includes funny commentary on Osaka life, like Grandma’s who talk super fast and [...]
Japanese Tenugui in Tokyo
Posted by harvey in Art, Culture, Tokyo, Travel on 05. Oct, 2012 | 1 Comment
One of the stops on my trip to Tokyo with @GuideYu a few months ago was to a Tenugui shop in Harajuku called Kamawanu. Tenugui are a traditional Japanese multipurpose cloth. To name just a few of the many uses for tenugui, back in the Edo period people would use tenugui as small towels, or [...]
Excellent Hamburg and Steak in Osaka
Posted by harvey in Food, Osaka on 01. Sep, 2012 | Comments Off
Had some delicous steak in the Kitashinchi area of Osaka a while ago after I saw it introduced on a Japanese TV show. If you’re looking for an awesome lunch in Osaka check it out. You can walk to Kitashichi from Umeda station (closest to Nishi-Umeda) in about 15 or 20 minutes, but there is [...]
Umeda Sky Building
Posted by harvey in Osaka, Travel on 20. Aug, 2012 | Comments Off
Looking for something touristy to do in Osaka? Consider a visit to the observation deck on Umeda Sky Building! The views are pretty spectacular, and it’s conveniently located near Umeda station. Admission is not too expensive either! The Japanese name is 空中庭園 which means “sky garden,” but most people will understand if you say Sky [...]
