Alafista OTAKU's Feed Releases for March 2010

I’m a big fan of eggs, and I would have eggs for meals at least three times a week. For Today’s Japan photo, we will be taking a look at the Japanese omelette which is also called Tamagoyaki 卵焼き. This shot of some yummy Tamagoyaki was taken and u...

Trigun: Badlands Rumble is just one month away from premiering in Japan and the Trigun has been such a classic series that a special fan tribute message board was displayed at the recent Tokyo Anime Fair. The board featured well wishes from many famo...

Here’s an interesting CM that was produced for the SONY PlayStation torne that was just release in Japan. For those uninitiated: Connecting to the PS3 via USB, the Torne adds internet-based program search and DVR functions to the PS3 (that still wor...

For Today’s Japan photo, we will be taking a look at some of the most beautiful snacks you would have tasted. These beautiful pieces of confectionery are called Wagashi 和菓子. This photo was uploaded onto flickr by user flag75*. I think its a reall...

Before the Weather Dopant appeared, the Nasca Dopant was one of my favorite characters in the show, especially after Kirihiko Sonozak revealed his love for the city of Futo. Here below, we have a nice clear magazine scan of the upcoming S.H. Figuarts...

For Today’s Japan photo, we shall take a look at more of the colorful Koinobori 鯉幟 (carp streamers), which just look so lovely just floating in the winds. Here’s the description of the photo taken from Mainichi Japan as well: Colorful carp stream...

Maaya Sakamoto 坂本真綾 is releasing a new album titled Everywhere to celebrate her 15th anniversary in the music industry. Here’s the music video of the song “Everywhere” which was uploaded onto Flying Dog Youtube Channel. Everything is just beauti...

Many excellent Japanese dorama series are adapted from intriguing manga series. Thus, Oricon went out and polled 500 men and women, aged between 16-29, and asked them: “Which Drama Series That is Adapted from Manga would you recommend?”. And the hig...

I know after the post on Kyabakura キャバクラ, many of you folks are waiting for a post on the hostesses, but I will leave that to the weekends. For Today’s Japan photo, we shall make a trip down to the host club (ホストクラブ) instead, where female...

Spotted this lovely cosplay of Yoko Littner from Gurren Lagann on AnimeVice. I really like how they took this shot at the beach.

Japan has many interesting events where people play with fire. For Today’s Japan photo, we shall take a look at the Hifuri Shinji which is held at Aso Shrine (阿蘇神社) in Kumamoto Prefecture. Here’s the description of the photo taken from Mainichi...

At the recent Moe Haku 2010 「萌え博2010」, there were many lovely anime itachari [痛チャリ] on display and Gigazine managed to capture them on photo! Featured game/anime/manga series included The Idolmaster, Cardcaptor Sakura, Macross Frontier, Roze...

Japan’s children day is celebrated on 5 May every year and for Today’s Japan photo, we shall take a look at how the lovely Koinobori 鯉幟 which will be flown specially on that day are being produced. Here’s the description of the photo taken from Mai...

Tomopop has spotted this set of really kawaii K-On! Pinky:st, which were made using customised parts. The awesome set of K-On! girls were created by a modeller, Kugumo, and the images were posted on the FG Boards. I just amazed at how the instrument...

If you asked me which is my most favorite snack from Japan, it has gotta be Pocky ポッキー. Which is why for Today’s Japan photo, we will be enjoying some yummy Pocky ポッキー. This photo was uploaded onto flickr by user Olivander. I think its a rea...

I’ve been hooked on playing both Yakuza 3 and Yakuza 4, so for Today’s Japan Photo series, we shall take a look a peek atJapan’s hostess clubs, which are called kyabakura (キャバクラ). The photo above is a traditional setting of what you would likel...

Last weekend, there was a very interesting fire-walking event in Japan called the Hiwatari Matsuri 火渡り祭. For Today’s Japan photo, we shall take a look at this interesting ceremony where monks cross the fire barefoot. A little more information on...

I’m quite sure many fans of Miku would love to have this great-looking World is Mine Garage Kit. I love just how her long hair flows onto the floor, which just add another dimension on top of her sexiness. More photos can be seen at Hobby Max and w...

Here’s an interesting commercial featuring Darth Vadar reminding everyone to take note of the upcoming WWF’s Eath Hour on the 27 Mar 2010. I really liked the slogan “Step into the Dark Side and turn off the lights”.

This weekend’s gravure feature is an exciting treat for AKB48 fans because I’m featuring the lovely Mariko Shinoda 篠田麻里子 who is a member on Team A. Name: 篠田 麻里子（しのだ まりこ) Birthday: 11 March 1986 Height: 168cm 3 Sizes: B87cm/W57cm/H85...

I’m really a big fan of Mount Fuji, so despite featuring it twice for my Today’s Japan photo series, we are going to visit this majestic mountain again today. However, today’s photo is actually a screenshot of this wonderful time-lapse video. I don’...

Once again, Japan has selected its Race Queen of the Year for 2009/2010, and this year it was awarded to the 21 year old Nanao [菜々], which is a model and has appeared in magazines such as non-no and PINKY. Nanao received the award yesterday from th...

It seems like twitter is not only for real people but fictional game characters too. We are about one month away from the release of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction on the Xbox 360 and Ubisoft has created a twitter account for Sam Fisher, the...

Last night while playing Yakuza 4 [龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの], there was a scene where one of the yakuza was apologising after he had performed Yubitsume 指詰め, and I thought it would be an interesting topic for Today’s Japan photo. This great shot...