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12 Nov, 2008

Little Lolicon Girls

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Title: Little Lolicon Girls
Genre: Sexy
Credits: Kitty Media
Cover Description: In a crowded train, lolicon sex strangers often end up being too close for comfort. But for some people, being too close is a comfort. When a poor conductor witnesses the […]

07 Oct, 2008

A Diatribe On Japanese Coffee Shops

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The Coffee Shops of Japan
By Jim Sherard
With Japan rated as the third largest coffee consumer in the world, it comes as no surprise that coffee shops (kissatens) abound, with Tokyo alone home to over ten thousand.
Shops come in all sizes and styles, but the smaller versions usually include only a counter and a few […]

As it seems to often happen with media, even a partial success in one format prompts the whoring and spawning of a title into other formats. To name but a few batman, pirates of the carribean, and the dreadful aquaman. Any title that seems to garner any merit gets redone in every format […]

05 Mar, 2008

Tokyo Motor Show 2005

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05 Jan, 2008

Roads

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Japan has some pretty interesting and complex roads. Browsing around with Google Earth, you might find, for example, the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line (æ±äº¬æ¹¾ã‚¢ã‚¯ã‚¢ãƒ©ã‚¤ãƒ³):
The Trans-Tokyo Bay Highway, also known as the Tokyo Bay Aqualine, is a 15.1 km […]

Several times I walked passed this title on the rack at the media play store a few years back. Living on a limited budget I can’t exactly buy every dvd that catches my interest. I’m sure I picked it up a dozen times and then put it back and moved on to something […]

Over the past couple years, I’ve had a few surprises and irritations when using the Japanese banking system:

Bank transfers cost 420 yen, even intra-bank transfers (only intra-branch transfers are free).
Direct deposits also cost (I think) 420 yen.
Cannot open a bank account at most banks unless you have lived in Japan at least six months.
Cannot open […]

19 Jul, 2007

Neo Ranga - Official Trailer

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Neo Ranga opens with a giant monster rising from the ocean and attacking tokyo. Sound familiar? Ok so this time around the giant monster, Ranga isn’t actually attacking. He seems to be making his way across the island looking for something. Ranga just happens to be crushing everything in his path […]


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  • Neil Duckett: I’m working all week …. but, i’m working out of the Shinjuku office so my travel for the day is a 12 minute walk each way instead
  • ジェイソン (Jason): Like Neil, I’ll be working all week. I did manage to score Thursday off to visit some of Reiko’s friends … but that’s abou
  • billywest: @Jason C - Sounds awesome. I’m on the way. Call you when I get to Shimoda @ジェイソン and Neil - Hope you guys get some real su