Dec
1
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Armed with a new camera that can withstand the brunt of energetic kids (the Olympus Stylus-8000 Tough), I bring you the first pictures of fun Engrish shirts.
A bit deeper than I expect when I think “Airwalk”, but I guess it ties in.

AIRWALK
A DAILY DOSE OF FREEDOM
inner peace and enlightenment can only be achieved after there are no places left on your body to bruise
Airwalk
A DAILY DOSE OF FREEDOM
when this happens, take a moment to look down, and realize you’ve found the ground whether you’re ready or not
upon the attempt to transcend the metaphysical one can easily get lost alone
One word… “ElJohn”? Seriously?

FULL-BLOWN DIGNITY
Loud Exclamation
QUICK AS GREASED LIGHTNING
STRUGGLING AGAINST
DIFFICULTIES FOR THE SAKE
OF VENGEANCE
FULL-BLOWN DIGNITY
THE FINISHING
TOUCHES
ElJohn
struggling against difficulties for the sake of vengeance
Aug
30
≡ Category: Japan | Author: Ichigo | ≅ 1 Comment
I’m currently watching TV on my DS, yay for Japanese tech. The Minshuto (DJP) has 276 seats out of the 480, with the Jiminto (LDP) only having 82. This means that Aso Taro is out of power and Hatoyama Yukio is in power. Join the rest of Japan in rejoicing that one group of old, power-hungry and corrupt men has been replaced with an almost identical group (heck, they were the same party until 1996) of old, power-hungry and corrupt men. Yay for choice!
EDIT: Now the DJP is at 303, LDP at 115, with only 14 seats left to report. Komeito has 19, Communist party has 8, Social Democratic has 5, with 16 seats split among other small parties.
Aug
17
≡ Category: Features, Japan | Author: Ichigo | ≅ 4 Comments
So, I spent some time with the Gundam. We got up close and personal, I hesitate to call it a “thing”, but there was a connection there. I approached slowly.

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Aug
17
≡ Category: Features, Japan | Author: Ichigo | ≅ 5 Comments
Alright, I’m back, unpacked, and ready to talk about Comiket.
I’m sure you’ve already heard, but this was a record attendance event. Over 560,000 over the three days. Talk about crazy. Since I’ve already talked about Day 1 in my previous post, let’s talk about Day 2.
First off, after finally getting a chance to go through the Catalog, I have a better feel for the event. Day 1 appears to be a lot of Yaoi stuff, Day 2 is a lot of Game/Videos and Day 3 is a lot of the male-oriented doujin. Of course, every day has lots of doujin, but that’s the emphasis. So, plan in hand, I was ready.
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Aug
14
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So I just got back from Comiket 76, Day 1. It was a wild time. I left the hotel just after 8am, got to the Rinkai line, Kokusai-Tenjijou station around 8:45 or so. The crowds weren’t bad until I saw the actual line. Then I followed the traffic around to the end of the line, almost a kilometer away!

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