Kanji Wall Poster from White Rabbit Press
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Language on 04. Apr, 2010 | 2 Comments
If you need something to decorate your room that is also useful you should check out the Kanji Wall poster from White Rabbit Press. When I first read the details on the Kanji poster I laughed out loud in surprise. It’s pretty amazing! It contains ALL the joyo Kanji. That’s like 1,945 Kanji! On your [...]
Get your Zen Garden On
Posted by harvey in Art, Crazy Consumers, Culture on 28. Mar, 2010 | 1 Comment
I don’t see these rock gardens much in Japan. You really have to go out of your way to find them. The last time that I can remember visiting one was at Sanzenin in Kyoto, when my parents were in the country visiting for our wedding back in 2007. At Sanzenin in Kyoto I think [...]
Study Joyo Kanji on your iPhone with iKIC
Posted by harvey in Gadgets, Language, Media on 12. Feb, 2010 | 2 Comments
Yet another iPod Touch or iPhone App to help you learn Japanese has been released. This one was released my my former school, IUC Japan. iKIC is available as a free limited download, and as a iKIC full paid version with more content. You can also purchase add-ons for the paid version that adds even [...]
PlaySay Revisited
Posted by harvey in Culture, Gadgets, Language on 01. Feb, 2010 | 8 Comments
Learn Japanese Vocab on your iPod-like Device with PlaySay You may have noticed mention of PlaySay on and off on this blog over the past year so. Recently Ryan, the head Japan-head at PlaySay, contacted me to let me know that PlaySay has really been taking off. You can read a quick article about Ryan [...]
Hello Kitty Toaster for the Kitty Geek who has Everything
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Gadgets on 23. Dec, 2009 | 1 Comment
Burn Hello Kitty’s Face into your Toast Now you can burn Hello Kitty’s face into your toast with this too-cute-to-be-owned Hello Kitty Toaster! I don’t have one of these. Probably never will… Unless of course I have a daughter someday who learns of this product and demands that I buy it. Scary thought. Seriously though. [...]
Takoyaki USB Memory Stick
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Food, Gadgets, Osaka on 20. Dec, 2009 | 3 Comments
What better gift for a Japan-loving Osaka-friendly Kansai-dreaming friend of yours than a Takoyaki USB Memory Stick? Afterall, the best gifts are the things that no one in their right mind would ever go out and buy on their own… but on the other hand would be happy to receive! Yummy. Takoyaki USB Memory Stick [...]
Fully Automatic Takoyaki Maker
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Culture, Food, Gadgets on 17. Dec, 2009 | 8 Comments
Finally, a place where you can buy a Fully-Automatic Takoyaki Maker online and have it shipped overseas. If you still haven’t made that last minute holiday gift purchase for that special Japanese-loving someone, this might be worth a look! Automatic Takoyaki Maker, not cheap, but awesome! Did I say “fully automatic?” Why yes, yes I [...]
A little lost in translation – i-Fukkin for iPhone
Posted by harvey in Gadgets, Humor, Language on 29. Sep, 2009 | 4 Comments
Here is a great Japanese iPhone app that encourages you to do sit-ups. i-Fukkin! i-Fukkin They should have done some research before settling on their application name though. FUKKIN is 腹筋 (ふっきん) in Japanese, which means “abdominal muscles,” and isn’t funny at all. You can use 腹筋 as a verb too and say, 「腹筋をする」to mean [...]
